Actor Louis Gossett Jr., renowned for his iconic roles in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and the TV mini-series ‘Roots’, has passed away at the age of 87.
He made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Academy Awards.

Gossett’s career spanned an impressive 200 projects in Hollywood, with 12 more in the pipeline, according to IMDb. Tragically, he will not see these upcoming projects come to fruition.
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