Oscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr dead at age 87

Roots actor Louis Gossett Jr has died aged 87 Louis Gossett Jr has died at the age of 87. The actor, most known for his roles in Roots and An Officer and a Gentleman – for which he became the first Black actor to win the best supporting actor Oscar – died on Friday morning. His nephew confirmed the sad news to the Associated Press, but did not share his cause of death.

In Tyler Hackford’s masterpiece, he played a stern drill instructor who had to get Richard Gere’s Zack Mayo into shape – and underwent 30 days of training at the Marine Corps Recruitment Division for the role. Unpacking his efforts in his 2010 biography, aptly titled An Actor and a Gentleman, he recalled: ‘I knew I had to put myself through at least some degree of this all-encompassing transformation.

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