Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett Jr. Dies at 87
Mr. Gossett was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Mr. Gossett was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Louis Gossett Jr., the 'An Officer and a Gentleman' actor who became first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87.
Over the course of more than 70 years as an actor, Louis Gossett Jr. contributed some of America's favorite military characters to our cultural lexicon, including Marine Corps Sgt. Emil Foley in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
Per Louis Gossett Jr.'s family, the beloved actor has passed at the age of 87. He was the first Black actor to win an Oscar for a supporting role.
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