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.
Famous fans and co-stars react to the death of Louis Gossett Jr., who died at 87. “He was open and generous. Kind beyond measure. Regal. We owe so much to him. What a monumental life he lived.” — Colman Domingo, Gossett’s co-star in “The Color Purple,” on X. “The role of Master Sergeant Foley in […]
After Louis Gossett Jr. died, celebs such as Colman Domingo, LeVar Burton and Fantasia Barrino are remembering the late Oscar winner.
Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance as a hard-man drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman," has died.Gossett appeared in more than 60 movies, and in 1983 became the third Black actor -- after Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier -- to win an Academy Award, for his supporting role as a stern gunnery sergeant in Taylor Hackford's "An Officer and a Gentleman."
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