Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louis Gossett Jr. was in training to be a New York Knick when he got the call from Lorraine Hansberry to star in the original 1959 ...

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Actor Louis Gossett Jr. has died, aged 87. He starred in movies including ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘The Color Purple’. Gossett Jr. won an Academy Award in 1983. Louis Gossett Jr., the beloved, ...

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for a best supporting actor role, has died at age 87. The news was confirmed by Gossett’s first cousin, Neal L. Gossett, who told the Associated ...

Louis Gossett Jr.’s An Officer and a Gentleman co-star Richard Gere is remembering the late actor’s commitment to the role that won Gossett a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. The entertainment world has ...

NEW YORK -- Brooklyn native and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. died Thursday at age 87. A local legend on stage and screen, Gossett was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best ...

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Brooklyn native and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. died Thursday at age 87 . A local legend on stage and screen, Gossett was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting ...

The Academy Award-winning actor died on March 28, 2024. He was 87 Stephanie Sengwe is a pop culture enthusiast with over 10 years of experience working as a digital writer, editor and reporter in the ...

Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr., who broke barriers in Hollywood when he became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for best supporting actor, has died at age 87. Gossett's cousin, Neal ...

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar for his performance as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died at the age of 87. As reported by ...