In his final interview with PEOPLE, Louis Gossett Jr. shared his thoughts death, just months before the Academy Award winner died at 87. "I’m not afraid to die and the fact of going to heaven ...

Colman Domingo remembers his 'The Color Purple' co-star Louis Gossett Jr., the trailblazing Oscar-winning actor, who died March 29 at age 87. Continue to Variety SKIP AD You will be redirected ...

Colman Domingo is an Emmy winner, as well as Academy Award and Tony-nominated actor, playwright and director. Domingo and Gossett Jr. co-starred in 2023’s “The Color Purple,” one of the late ...

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 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun. "They said the part ...

Hollywood is paying tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. On Friday, Gossett’s family announced that the Officer and a Gentlemen star passed away at the age of 87. The cause of death is unknown, but ...

Louis Gossett Jr. more than deserves his Oscar and the tribute from Jason Riley (“An Officer and a Gentleman’—and a Pioneering Actor,’” Upward Mobility, April 3). Gossett played drill ...

Louis Gossett Jr., the 1st Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, as well as an Emmy for “Roots,” has died at 87. In our eyes, you were a LEADING man despite your many inspiring roles as ...

Louis Cameron Gossett was born on May 27, 1936, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York, to Louis Sr., a porter, and Hellen, a nurse. He later added Jr. to his name to honor his father.

There had been drill sergeants in movies before Louis Gossett Jr. played one in “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1982 (though for the life of me, I can’t remember any). There would be a lot ...

Louis Cameron Gossett was born on May 27, 1936, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York, to Louis Sr., a porter, and Hellen, a nurse. He later added Jr. to his name to honor his father.

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87.

Louis Gossett Jr. in a 1977 episode of Roots. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty "Sometimes I look cantankerous because I can't get up and then do this or that.