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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. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Emmy he received for his role in the TV drama "Roots," at the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences awards show in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 1977. 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. (AP Photo, File)
Flowers are placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Louis Gossett Jr., on Friday, March 29, 2024. Gossett was 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. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. poses for a portrait in New York to promote the release of "Roots: The Complete Original Series" on Bu-ray on May 11, 2016. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. attends a Legacy of Changing Lives Gala on March 13, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Miriam Holder Jacobs, a former personal assistant to Louis Gossett Jr., pays her respects at a memorial wreath on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the star in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Friday, March 29,2024. Gossett was 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. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. poses for a portrait in New York to promote the release of "Roots: The Complete Original Series" on Bu-ray on May 11, 2016. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
A tourist looks at a memorial wreath that was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Louis Gossett Jr., on Friday, March 29,2024. Gossett was 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. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A memorial wreath is placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Louis Gossett Jr., in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Friday, March 29, 2024. Gossett was 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. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Pedestrians walk past a memorial wreath placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Louis Gossett Jr., in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Friday, March 29, 2024. Gossett was 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. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)