(GoRealNewsNow.com) – BREAKING NEWS NOW: As beloved and admired as any actor to ever appear on the silver screen, Louis Gossett Jr., who starred in Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman, and many other films, has died.
According to an account carried by People Magazine:
“The Associated Press confirmed news of Gossett’s death after the actor’s nephew told the outlet that he died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death has yet been revealed…
“His film debut came with 1961’s A Raisin in the Sun, which has since been entered into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress…
“After moving to Los Angeles in the ’60s to focus on film and television, his next breakthrough role came in 1977, when he played Fiddler in Roots, earning an Emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a single appearance in a drama or comedy series…
“After Roots, Gossett enjoyed big-screen success with his role as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman. The film earned Gossett an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor — making him the first Black performer to win the Supporting Actor Oscar.”
Louis Gossett Jr. died at 87 years young.
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