LOS ANGELES (AP) —Louis Gossett Jr.,the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminalTV miniseries “Roots,”has died. He was 87. Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the family said […]

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