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Members of the National Education Union were told it was 'narrow-minded' and should be banned from history lessons. It says all school materials should 'respect the holistic Black contribution to society'.
Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as the cunning Fiddler in “Roots,” died early Friday morning. He was 87. Gossett’s family announced his death in a statement, writing: “It …
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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.
Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Oscar for his work in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and an Emmy for 'Roots,' has died. He was 87.