Louis Gossett Jr., commanding actor of TV and film, dies at 87
Louis Gossett Jr., an actor who brought authority to hundreds of screen roles, winning an Oscar as a Marine drill instructor in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy Award as a wise, older guide to the enslaved Kunta Kinte in the groundbreaking miniseries “Roots,” died March 29 at a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87.
His first cousin Neal L. Gossett confirmed the death but said he did not know the immediate cause.
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