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Mar 29, 2024 · From the archives: Louis Gossett Jr. 07:12 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.
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Mar 29, 2024 · March 29, 2024 6:12am. Louis Gossett John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA. Louis Gossett Jr., the tough guy with a sensitive side who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a steely ...
Mar 29, 2024 · FILE - Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” at the annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983. 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.
Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Cameron Gossett Jr., the only child of a porter and a maid who later received a nursing degree, was born in Brooklyn on May 27, 1936. He described growing up in the ethnically diverse ...
May 23, 2024 · Louis Gossett, Jr., was an American stage, screen, and television character actor who was a respected and prolific performer. His best-known roles were in A Raisin in the Sun (1959), as Fiddler in the TV miniseries Roots (1977), and as the tough-hearted drill sergeant Emil Foley in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr. was born May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. He was drawn to athletics as a kid, especially basketball, but an injury kept him from playing for a time and led him to another ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87. He was 87. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
