{"id":2209218,"date":"2024-03-29T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscar-and-emmy-winner-louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-age-87\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:53:46","slug":"oscar-and-emmy-winner-louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-age-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscar-and-emmy-winner-louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-age-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Gossett Jr., the award-winning actor, 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\">20<\/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%2Foscar-and-emmy-winner-louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-age-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=2209218&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>Louis Gossett Jr., the groundbreaking actor who made history as the first black man to win an Oscar for Best \u200dSupporting Actor and an\u2062 Emmy for his performance in\u2064 &#8220;Roots,&#8221; has passed away at 87. For more\u2064 details, visit the article on\u2062 The \u2064Western Journal&#8217;s \u2063website. Louis Gossett Jr., a pioneering \u2062actor who\u200c achieved the milestone of being the first black man\u200c to win an Oscar for Best Supporting \u2062Actor and an Emmy for his role in \u2062&#8221;Roots,&#8221; has sadly passed away at the age\u2062 of 87. For additional\u200c information, please refer to the article posted\u2063 on The Western Journal&#8217;s website.  <\/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<p>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 \u201cRoots,\u201d has died. He was [\u2026]\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-louis-gossett-jr-1st-black-man-win-supporting-actor-oscar-dies-87\/\">Oscar and Emmy Winner Louis Gossett Jr. Dies at Age 87<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Gossett Jr., a trailblazing actor known for being the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and an Emmy for his performance in &#8220;Roots,&#8221; has passed away at the age of 87. 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