Louis Gossett Jr., First Black Man to Win Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Dead at 87
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 30, 2024
(Corrects ninth paragraph to show Gossett was nominated for an Emmy award eight times, not seven.)
By Patricia Reaney and Kanishka Singh
(Reuters) - Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death.
The Oscar-winning actor's roles ranged from an enslaved man in the TV mini-series "Roots" to a no-nonsense drill sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentlemen." In "Sadat," he had the title role, playing the . . .
