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Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal US TV miniseries Roots, has died aged 87. Gossett's nephew told The Associated ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Celebrated American actor Louis Gossett Jr. is widely known for his roles in such films as Enemy Mine, Iron Eagle, Half-Life 2, and As Officer and a Gentleman — a role that earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1977, Gossett starred as “Fiddler” in the perennial ABC television miniseries Roots, earning a Primetime Emmy ...
Mar 29, 2024 · FILE – Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” at the annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983.
Mar 30, 2005 · Gossett passed away on March 29, 2024 at the age of eighty-seven. Actor Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. was born May 27, 1936 in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island to Hellen Rebecca Wray Gosset and Louis Gossett Sr.. Gossett’s Brooklyn neighborhood nurtured activists and artists like Gustav Blum, Harvey Keitel, Neil Simon, Neil Diamond and Arthur Miller.
Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Cameron Gossett was born on May 27, 1936, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York, to Louis Sr., a porter, and Hellen, a nurse. He later added Jr. to his name to honor his father.
Mar 30, 2024 · March 30, 2024 - 12:59PM. Louis Gossett Jr. — Oscar winner and groundbreaking Roots star — has died at the age of 87. While no cause of death has yet to be revealed, his nephew told The ...
Louis Gossett Jr., renowned as the first Black man to clinch a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy for his remarkable performance in the iconic TV miniseries Roots, has passed away at the age of 87 ...
