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 ...

LOS ANGELES — 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., 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 ...

Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as ...

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.

It’s been more than 40 years since “An Officer and a Gentleman” became a surprise box office smash, but from time to time, star Richard Gere still gets called out about the classic military ...

March 29 (Reuters) - Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause ...

One of Hollywood's most versatile actors has died. Louis Gossett Jr. was 87 years old. Gossett racked up hundreds of onscreen credits during a trailblazing career that was seven decades long.

Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, has died at the age of 87. The New York-born actor won the Academy Award in 1982 for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil ...