{"id":2209210,"date":"2024-03-29T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louis-gossett-jr-dead-roots-and-officer-and-a-gentleman-actor-dies-at-87\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:47:41","slug":"louis-gossett-jr-dead-roots-and-officer-and-a-gentleman-actor-dies-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louis-gossett-jr-dead-roots-and-officer-and-a-gentleman-actor-dies-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Gossett Jr., known for his roles in &#8220;Roots&#8221; and &#8220;An Officer and a Gentleman,&#8221; passes away at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouis-gossett-jr-dead-roots-and-officer-and-a-gentleman-actor-dies-at-87%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about the passing of actor Louis Gossett Jr. \u200bat the age of \u206487 in Santa Monica,\u2064 California. The information\u2064 provided contains a button for readers to access more \u200ddetails, along with a hyperlink \u2064to the source of the \u2062news. \u2062The summary highlights the recent passing of actor Louis \u200dGossett \u2062Jr. at 87 in Santa Monica, California. It mentions a \u200cbutton for readers to explore \u2064further details and includes a hyperlink to the news source \u200bfor additional information.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Actor <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Louis Gossett Jr.<\/a> died Friday at the age of 87 in Santa Monica, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a>, his family confirmed. A cause of death has not been made public.<\/p>\n<p>Gossett was best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Fiddler in the 1977 miniseries <em>Roots<\/em>. He went on to become the first black actor to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the drill sergeant in the 1982 film <em>An Officer and a Gentleman<\/em>, which also earned him a Golden Globe, and won his second Emmy for his performance in the film <em>In His Father\u2019s Shoes<\/em>. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louis Gossett Jr. Wins Supporting Actor: 1983 Oscars\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nr94It4rrzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Most recently, Gossett was a part of HBO\u2019s <em>Watchman<\/em> series cast for a seven-episode span in 2019. From there, Gossett played roles in several more films, the most recent being the 2023 remake of <em>The Color Purple<\/em>, which snagged him an Oscar nomination. <\/p>\n<p>In his last social media post, the actor wished \u201ceveryone many blessings in 2024,\u201d accompanied by a photo of his family. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gossett is survived by his sons Satie and Sharron, and a nephew, fellow actor Robert Gossett. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning. We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the family\u2019s privacy during this difficult time,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/louis-gossett-jr-dead-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-948372-1235862761\/\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a> from his family read.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Louis Gossett Jr., aged 87, passed away in Santa Monica, California, as confirmed by his family on Friday. The cause of death remains undisclosed. Renowned for his Emmy-winning role as Fiddler in the 1977 miniseries &#8220;Roots,&#8221; he made history as the first black actor to win Best<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2209211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP20055138019938-1024x684.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP20055138019938-1024x684.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}