Louis Gossett Jr., who was the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1982 romantic drama An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87. The actor died Thursday night ...

The Oscar-winning ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ actor died March 29 Taylor Hill/Getty Louis Gossett Jr.’s cause of death has been revealed. The Oscar-winning An Officer and a Gentleman star died at age ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy for his role in the groundbreaking TV miniseries Roots and an Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman, died Thursday night in Santa Monica. He was 87. His death was ...

*The cause of Louis Gossett Jr.’s passing has been disclosed. The Hollywood icon, who passed away at the age of 87 in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 29, succumbed to chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

In his post, David Alan Grier told a smile-worthy story about Gossett that involved a time the actor "strolled down the street with a girl on each arm" In her post, Barrino included images and videos ...

Louis Gossett Jr. was the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar. Louis Gossett Jr., the esteemed actor who was the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar whose career spanned over ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and also won an Emmy for his role in the TV miniseries “Roots,” died early Friday morning The sad news was confirmed ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Louis Gossett Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman," said on Tuesday he was fighting prostate cancer.

Gossett, 87, the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar for his role as Sgt. Emil Foley in the 1982 film “An Officer and a Gentleman,” died on March 29 in Santa Monica, California. He died ...

The Oscar-winning actor died at the age of 87 on Mar. 29 in Santa Monica, California due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, known as COPD, according to multiple media reports. His death ...