Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing Black actor who won Oscar, Emmy awards, dead at 87

A cleanhaven dark-complected man is shown in a closeup photo.

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, for An Officer and a Gentleman, five years after earning an Emmy for his role in the seminal TV miniseries Roots, has died. He was 87.

CBC | World News

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