Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr., best known for his celebrated work in Roots and An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87. "It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father ...

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 aged 87. A statement from the family said Gossett ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best supporting actor for playing a no-nonsense drill sergeant in “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), has died, his family said ...

Louis Gossett Jr. has had one of the most impactful careers in film and television. Louis Gossett Jr. was in training to be a New York Knick when he got the call from Lorraine Hansberry to star in the ...

In his final interview with PEOPLE, Louis Gossett Jr. shared his thoughts death, just months before the Academy Award winner died at 87. "I’m not afraid to die and the fact of going to heaven," the ...

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 87. Gossett's cousin, Neal L. Gossett, ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy for his role in the groundbreaking TV miniseries Roots and an Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman, died Thursday night in Santa Monica. He was 87. His death was ...

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87. Gossett died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California, according to his nephew. The actor's cause ...

The acclaimed actor, who was the first Black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, was working well into his 80s and appeared in the 2023 release of “The Color Purple.” Louis Gossett Jr., an ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who was the first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, has died. He was 87. (Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win an acting Oscar. His win, in 1964, was as the ...

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