Actor Lou Gossett Jr. attends the 3rd Annual ICON MANN Power 50 Dinner on February 18, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning star of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ dead at 87
Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Academy Award for his performance in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for the groundbreaking miniseries “Roots,” has died at age 87, according to a statement from his family.