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Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87.

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots," has died. He was 87.

Louis Gossett Jr. was known for his seminal roles in 'Roots' and 'An Officer and a Gentleman'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. […]

Actor made history with his performance in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ opposite Richard Gere in 1982

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Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87. He was known for his role in Roots and his fight against racism.

Gossett won the award for An Officer And A Gentleman, and also got an Emmy for Roots. More recent prominent roles for the Broadway star and civil rights activist were in The Color Purple and Watchmen.

Louis Gossett Jr. was known for his seminal roles in 'Roots' and 'An Officer and a Gentleman'

(Adnkronos) – E morto a 87 anni Louis Gossett Jr. A darne notizia è il Washington Post. Ha vinto lOscar come attore non protagonista per il ruolo del ...