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    Richard Roundtree

    American actor and singer

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  1. 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...

  2. 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....

  3. Oct 25, 2023 · 8 min. 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...

  4. July 9, 1942 · New Rochelle, New York, USA. Died. October 24, 2023 · Los Angeles, California, USA (pancreatic cancer) Birth name. Richard Arnold Roundtree. Height. 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Bio. Richard Roundtree shot to fame as the ultra-hip, flamboyantly-dressed -- not to mention charismatic-- private eye John Shaft.

  5. 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...

  6. Oct 25, 2023 · 25) Photos. By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Updated 2:57 AM PDT, October 25, 2023. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81.

  7. 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...

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