Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies

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Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies

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RIP. I enjoyed his acting.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68693180

Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87.......
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Better article concerning his accomplishments:

https://apnews.com/article/louis-gosset ... de22490a07
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Re: Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies

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He was in fair few decent movies that I enjoyed (and fair few crap ones - which I also enjoyed :mrgreen: )

But why oh why do the headlines always have to go to the whole race issue constantly? Apologies if I'm upsetting certain readers with that comment, but it detracts from the man himself (and yes, I realise due to his colour, things must have been far harder early on).

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