Re: RIP Lou Gossett Jr ?

On 2024-03-29 14:56:17 +0000, shawn said:

On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:55:16 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
 

RIP Lou Gossett Jr ?

 Sadly it is true.
 https://apnews.com/article/louis-gossett-jr-dies-1e86e1441ec8b614a282f3de22490a07   LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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 first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that
the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the
family said Gossett died Friday morning. No cause of death was
revealed.

The media of course still has to keep pushing the "Political Correctness" idiocy.  :-\
    Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies
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    Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win the best supporting
    actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87.
    The New York-born actor won the Academy Award in 1982 for his role
    as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman.
    Gossett also won an Emmy in 1978 for his role in Roots, the
    ground-breaking TV mini-series about slavery.
    His death was confirmed by his family to the BBC's US partner CBS.
    No cause of death was given.
    Gossett made his Broadway debut as a teenager and later starred in
    shows such as A Raisin in the Sun and Golden Boy.
    He went on to gain critical acclaim across a six-decade career.
    Gossett continued acting into later life and his last role was in
    the 2023 musical remake of The Color Purple.
    In the film, a reimagining of Alice Walker's 1982 Pulitzer
    Prize-winning novel, he played Ol' Mister Johnson, father of
    Albert "Mister" Johnson, played by Colman Domingo.
    Writing on Instagram, Domingo called him "a true great. A true
    legend".
    "What an honour to have been able to give him his flowers on his
    last day of his final film The Color Purple where he played my
    father," he wrote.
    "Fantasia [Barrino] sang it best ... He ran his race for us. We
    are forever indebted. May we stand firmly on his shoulders. Lift
    him up today. RIP"
    Barrino, who played lead character Celie in the film, also wrote:
    "Louis Gossett Jr, what an awesome man you were and the stories
    you told us, I'll never, ever forget."
    She added that he had "paved the way for black actors and
    actresses".
    Gossett also starred in Backstairs At The White House, The Story
    Of Satchel Paige, The Josephine Baker Story, for which he won a
    Golden Globe, and Roots Revisited.
    He also starred in the cult 1980s science fiction film Enemy Mine
    as the alien Jeriba Shigan, alongside Dennis Quaid.
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68693180>