The death of Louis Gossett Jr., the first black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and an Emmy Award for his role in the seminal television miniseries rootsit became clear.
Gossett Jr. died of lung disease, and the actor’s death certificate lists chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the primary cause of death. obtained By TMZ.
The document also lists heart failure and atrial fibrillation as possible causes, and notes that Gossett Jr. had been battling COPD for years.
As reported by Breitbart News, Gossett Jr. died on March 29 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 87. Gossett Jr.’s cause of death was not disclosed at the time.
Gossett Jr. was an actor in the ’60s and early ’70s, but his breakthrough role was playing a fiddler in the 1977 television miniseries. roots The film depicts the atrocities of slavery, and co-starred with actors Levar Burton and John Amos.
His other credits include the 1982 film; officer and gentleman1985 movie enemy mine2019 mini series watchmen2013 television series boardwalk empire, iron eagle film series, and last year’s Broadway musical adaptation the color purpleamong many other credits.
The actor was married three times in his life. His first wife was Hattie Glascow, with whom he was married for five months before divorcing in 1968. His second marriage was to Christina Mangosing. The two were together from 1973 to 1975. Gossett Jr.’s third wife was actress Cindy James Reese, whom he was married to from 1987 to 1992.
Gossett Jr. leaves behind two sons, Sati, a producer and director from his second marriage, and Sharon, a chef who adopted the 7-year-old after seeing him on a TV show about children in desperate situations. . Also surviving is his cousin, actor Robert Gossett.
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