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 ...

"An Officer and a Gentleman" star Louis Gossett Jr.'s cause of death was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), per Friday's report from the coroner. The report, which was first obtained by TMZ ...

The Associated Press confirmed Friday that Louis Gosset Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for supporting actor, has died. He was 87 years old. Gossett passed away in Santa Monica, California ...

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 seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s first ...

Louis Gossett Jr., a luminary of both the silver screen and television realms, has passed away at the age of 87, marking the end of a journey that saw him etch his name in the annals of cinematic ...

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 ...

Satie's Instagram post featured a throwback photo of the father and son which he described as "a pic of me getting my first camera for my birthday" Paul Redmond/WireImage Satie Gossett is remembering ...

Yet the way that Gossett played him, Foley also stood for something larger, a quality both unexpressed and monumental. For the recruits under his watch, including Mayo, he wasn’t just a tormenter, a ...

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 ...