Hawaii Five-0
2010
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Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr. was too young to fight in the Korean War and too old to serve in Vietnam. But over the course of more than 70 years as an actor, he contributed some of America's favorite ...
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Apr 7, 2024 · (1 min) U.S. Marines participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo: Getty Images. Louis Gossett Jr. more than deserves his Oscar and the tribute from Jason...
Mar 29, 2024 · 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 ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Forever remembered for his career-defining roles in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and the influential television miniseries “Roots,” Gossett died Thursday night in Santa Monica, his nephew told...
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Mar 29, 2024 · Mr. Gossett was 46 when he played Emil Foley, the Marine drill instructor from hell who ultimately shapes the humanity of an emotionally damaged young Naval aviation recruit (Richard Gere) in ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as the...
Mar 29, 2024 · 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.
