Louis Gossett Jr, 1st Black Man to Win Supporting Actor Oscar, Dies at 87

FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. attends the American Black Film Festival Honors Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, Feb. 23, 2020. FILE - Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in "An Officer and a Gentleman," at the annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983. FILE - From left, Louis Gossett Jr., Ed Asner and Ben Vereen speak onstage at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, Feb. 22, 2014. FILE - Actor Louis Gossett Jr., left, and Living Legend Award recipient Lionel Richie pose together at the opening ceremonies of the African American Heritage Month Celebration at Los Angeles City Hall, Feb. 3, 2016. FILE - The original cast of Roots, Sandy Duncan, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne Moody pose for a portrait in New York, May 11, 2016.

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.