"De Amerikaanse acteur Louis Gossett Jr. is op 87-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat nieuws heeft zijn familie in een verklaring naar buiten gebracht, meldt Reuters. Een doodsoorzaak werd niet gemeld."
"Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy Award for "Roots," and became the first African American to win a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman," died Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the age of 87. In this conversation with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Michelle Miller (originally broadcast July 19, 2020), Gossett talked about his long career, and said the greatest advice he could give wasn't about acting – it was about understanding."
"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."