Tag: Louis Gossett Jr. American actor
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At the age of 87, Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for supporting actor, passes away.
Louis Gossett Jr., who was the first Black man to win an Emmy and an Oscar for supporting acting for his part in the landmark TV miniseries “Roots,” has away. He was eighty-seven.The Associated Press was informed by Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett that the actor passed away in Santa Monica, California. According to…