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Oct 24, 2023 · CNN —. Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died. He was 81. The news was confirmed by ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, a Hollywood icon who played John Shaft in the 1971 introduction to the "Shaft" film franchise, has died. He was 81. His manager, Patrick McMinn of McMinn Management and Artists...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, the Black action hero who played the cool and commanding title character in “Shaft,” the hit 1971 crime thriller about a private detective who “won’t cop out when there’s...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at 81 in Los Angeles, was easily one of the coolest actors ever. When he was cast as the Black private eye John Shaft in the 1971 film of the same name, the...
Oct 26, 2023 · With his smarts, swagger and unapologetic sexuality, Roundtree – who died on Tuesday aged 81 – spearheaded a new type of Black masculinity in mainstream cinema. Steve Rose. Thu 26 Oct 2023 11.35...
Oct 24, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, star of the 1970s ‘Shaft’ film franchise, has died at 81. Richard Roundtree said of his role in “Shaft”: “It put me on the map.” (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) By Emily...
