The American actor died aged 87 in California on Friday.
American actor Louis Gossett Jr has been hailed as a “true legend and great” and for “paving the way for black actors” by the cast of The Color Purple following his death at the age of 87.
Gossett Jr also won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 US series Roots, which depicted the horrors of slavery, as the musician Fiddler.His death was confirmed to the AP news agency by his first cousin Neal L Gossett who said he had died in Santa Monica, California, on Friday morning. In it, he played Ol’ Mister Johnson, who is father of Albert “Mister” Johnson and father-in-law to the main character, Celie Harris .An Instagram post by Domingo said: “We lost a true great. A true legend. What an honour to have been able to give him his flowers on his last day of his final film The Color Purple where he played my father.
Barrino also wrote: “Louis Gossett Jr, what an awesome man you were and the stories you told us, I’ll never, ever forget. You left behind so many tokens for us and paved the way for black actors and actresses. You will be missed, but man did you live a blessed life.”The new film was produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, who starred and directed the 1985 version, respectively, as well as Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.
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