Renowned actor Louis (Lou) Gossett Jr passed away today. He was 87.
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R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-2024)
Iron Eagle (1986)
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Louis Gossett, Jr.
1936-2024
RIP
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Louis Gossett Jr. with his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN at the 1983 #Oscars
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A young 17 year old Louis Gossett Jr. and Maxine Sullivan in the play Take A Giant Step 1953.
May he rest well 🙏🏾
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(via Louis Gossett Jr., 87, Dies; ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’ Actor - The New York Times)
Mr. Gossett, in the foreground, with Billie Allen and Godfrey Cambridge in the 1957 revival of “Take a Giant Step,” the play in which Mr. Gossett made his Broadway debut in 1953.
Louis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — died early Friday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87.
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RIP Legend 🕊️ — #LouisGossettJr
The #Oscars and #Emmys winning actor of #AnOfficerAndAGentleman and #Roots has died at age 87.
No cause of death was given, but Gossett announced in 2010 that he had prostate cancer.
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Olivia Cole and Louis Gossett, Jr. at the 1977 Emmy Awards
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Louis Gossett, Jr., The Punisher (1989)
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I’m so sorry to learn Louis Gossett Jr. has died. Wonderful actor. Terrible news. May he R.I.P.
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Remembering~ Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. born May 27, 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City and passed away on March 29, 2024 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 87.
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