Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: RIP Lou Gossett Jr ? Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:56:17 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2jld0jhop8uqdptv9b6b39hvkqhrhc6c5f@4ax.com> References: <580933323.733413284.803337.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:56:19 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e72e4ce2016994ef7e87fd07bf5dbff"; logging-data="383801"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/qlfIO9NVyXAz1h+X8KfWLAJNcGH/ZzRo=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sCOB6L2BZLZIpZPihBFCNPfcY9Y= Bytes: 1572 On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:55:16 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >RIP Lou Gossett Jr ? Sadly it is true. https://apnews.com/article/louis-gossett-jr-dies-1e86e1441ec8b614a282f3de22490a07 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the family said Gossett died Friday morning. No cause of death was revealed.