Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-Winning ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Actor, Dies at 87

The actor won an Emmy for his role in “Roots” and was the first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar

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Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” died Thursday night in Santa Monica, his nephew told the AP. The actor was 87.

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