How Brooklyn native Louis Gossett Jr. paved the way for aspiring actors
Brooklyn native and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. died Thursday at age 87.
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Brooklyn native and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. died Thursday at age 87.
Brooklyn native and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. died Thursday at age 87. A local legend on stage and screen, Gossett was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports on his stellar career.
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.
