Louis Gossett Jr.'s cause of death has been revealed. The first Black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor died in ...
Louis Gossett Jr., an actor who brought authority to hundreds of screen roles, winning an Oscar as a Marine drill instructor in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy Award as a wise, older ...
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, has died at 87. Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press that the Emmy Award-winning actor died Thursday in ...
Actor who also won Emmy for role in seminal TV miniseries Roots died in Santa Monica, California Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, and an Emmy winner for his ...
In short: Gossett was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best supporting actor when he won the award for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman in 1983. Gossett's nephew told the ...
The New York-born actor won the Academy Award in 1982 for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman. Gossett also won an Emmy in 1978 for his role in Roots, the ground ...
Louis Gossett Jr. poses in New York to promote the release of ‘Roots: The Complete Original Series’ on Bu-ray on May 11, 2016. Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar ...
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 nephew told The ...
Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as the cunning ...
LOS ANGELES — 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 ...
Louis Gossett Jr has died aged 87. The actor - who became the first black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in 'An Officer And A Gentleman' - passed away on Friday morning (29.03.24).