Coney Island native Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 • Brooklyn Paper

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

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