R.I.P. Richard Roundtree: 'Shaft' And 'Roots' Star Dead At 81
'Shaft' and 'Roots' actor Richard Roundtree passed away at 81 after a battle with cancer.
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'Shaft' and 'Roots' actor Richard Roundtree passed away at 81 after a battle with cancer.
Roundtree played street smart detective John Shaft in 1971 film and two sequels, reprising the role in the 2000s opposite Samuel L. Jackson.
'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81
LOS ANGELES — 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.
Tributes pour in for the iconic actor, whose pioneering role in the blaxploitation film Shaft paved the way for black leading actors — revolutionizing the ...