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The actor's longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed his death in a statement.

Roundtree’s swaggering private eye saw him hailed as one of cinema’s first Black action heroes and helped usher in the 1970s’ Blaxploitation era.

Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing Blaxploitation star best-known for playing a hard-nosed detective in Shaft, has died aged 81, his manager has said. Roundtre

LOS ANGELES, California: Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective John Shaft in 1971s Shaft and its sequels, has died. He was 81.

Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the Shaft films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in the US, died on Tuesday aged 81, the Hollywood Reporter said, citing his manager.

Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several "Shaft" films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81.

(Reuters) - Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the "Shaft" films of the 1970s and also took on dra...

Roundtree’s Shaft was part of a change in how black films were viewed in Hollywood.

Samuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson and more remember 'Shaft' actor Richard Roundtree.

Richard Roundtree, the actor most famous for portraying the iconic blaxploitation hero John Shaft across five 'Shaft' movies, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 81.