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qwlauren35

(6,278 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 09:26 AM Mar 2024

Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87

https://abc7ny.com/louis-gossett-jr-roots-dies-oscar/14588484/

LOS ANGELES, California -- 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 nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.

Gossett always thought of his early career as a reverse Cinderella story, with success finding him from an early age and propelling him forward, toward his Academy Award for "An Officer and a Gentleman."

Gossett attended New York University on a basketball and drama scholarship. He was soon acting and singing on TV shows hosted by David Susskind, Ed Sullivan, Red Buttons, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar and Steve Allen.
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Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 (Original Post) qwlauren35 Mar 2024 OP
Whoa Faux pas Mar 2024 #1
He wasn't above acting in an 80's B-movie which was cool Shermann Mar 2024 #2
Iron Eagle and Enemy Mine were two of my favs as an 80's kid Docreed2003 Mar 2024 #3
Star Trek TNG may have borrowed the idea for "Darmok" in 1991 nt Shermann Mar 2024 #5
And "Enemy Mine" may have borrowed it from Battlestar Galactica whopis01 Mar 2024 #10
Interesting. Now somebody will probably dig up an even earlier script from the 70's. Shermann Mar 2024 #12
I am sure there is an earlier version whopis01 Mar 2024 #13
Favorite line: "your Mickey Mouse is one big stupid" LT Barclay Mar 2024 #14
Very sad. Great actor. jimfields33 Mar 2024 #4
Sad. He was the best. The scene with Gere MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #6
💙💙💙 sheshe2 Mar 2024 #7
Quite the talent... hlthe2b Mar 2024 #8
I was just thinking about him the other day CANADIANBEAVER69 Mar 2024 #9
... littlemissmartypants Mar 2024 #11

Shermann

(8,698 posts)
2. He wasn't above acting in an 80's B-movie which was cool
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 09:41 AM
Mar 2024

Iron Eagle was a Trader Joe's Top Gun but fun. Enemy Mine was odd but entertaining.

Jaws 3 was one sequel too many.

Docreed2003

(17,851 posts)
3. Iron Eagle and Enemy Mine were two of my favs as an 80's kid
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 09:48 AM
Mar 2024

Enemy Mine is a pretty underrated sci-fi flick. He and Dennis Quaid were an excellent pairing.

whopis01

(3,737 posts)
10. And "Enemy Mine" may have borrowed it from Battlestar Galactica
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 03:08 PM
Mar 2024

Or Galactica 1980 to be accurate.

There was an episode, "The Return of Starbuck" where one of the human pilots (Starbuck) crashes on a planet alongside a Cylon. They go from trying to kill each other to working together to survive. Even has the plot points of the child and the Cylon dying after being injured saving the human after they became friends.

Shermann

(8,698 posts)
12. Interesting. Now somebody will probably dig up an even earlier script from the 70's.
Sat Mar 30, 2024, 05:52 AM
Mar 2024

I watched the Battlestar Galactica reboot which was really good, but never really watched the original.

whopis01

(3,737 posts)
13. I am sure there is an earlier version
Sat Mar 30, 2024, 07:01 AM
Mar 2024

Probably some story from WWII or earlier where something like that happened.


The Battlestar Galactica reboot was great. The original series had some great ideas and concepts - but it was a fairly campy production. But definitely a worthwhile show. The second show (second season?), Galactica 1980 was pretty terrible. The enemy mine type episode was the only memorable one for me.

(Well - memorable for being good that is. I remember one episode with Cylons running around in New York City that had Wolfman Jack in it - but can’t say it was very good)

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
6. Sad. He was the best. The scene with Gere
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 10:02 AM
Mar 2024

that ends with, “I got nowhere else to go” was fabulous.

CANADIANBEAVER69

(567 posts)
9. I was just thinking about him the other day
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 11:35 AM
Mar 2024

I actually thought about how he was doing and that I hadn't heard about him in a while. So sad to see this news today.

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