John Amos, the profession actor who performed the grownup Kunta Kinte in Roots and James Evans Sr. on Good Instances, amongst numerous different memorable roles, has died on the age of 84.
In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Amos handed away on August twenty first of pure causes. “It’s with heartfelt unhappiness that I share with you that my father has transitioned,” his son, Kelly Christopher Amos, mentioned in a press release. “He was a person with the kindest coronary heart and a coronary heart of gold… and he was beloved the world over. Many followers contemplate him their TV father. He lived a superb life. His legacy will reside on in his excellent works in tv and movie as an actor.”
After a profession in soccer stalled out, Amos pursued appearing. His first main gig got here because the weatherman on The Mary Tyler Moore Present from 1970 to 1973. In 1974, Amos landed the lead position because the household patriarch James Evans Sr. on Good Instances. A spin-off of All within the Household and developed by Norman Lear, the CBS sequence marked tv’s first African American two-parent household sitcom. Nonetheless, Amos was fired from the present following its third season after clashing with writers over when he believed was an absence of authenticity in portraying the African-American expertise.
In 1977, Amos stared because the grownup Kunta Kinte within the tv miniseries Roots, incomes an Emmy nomination for Excellent Lead Actor.
Within the years that adopted, Amos appeared in movies together with Coming to America, Die Laborious 2, Dr. Doolittle 3, and Madea’s Witness Safety. On the tv entrance, Amos portrayed Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing.
Amos additionally notably appeared within the music video for Ice Dice and Dr. Dre’s “Pure Born Killaz.”
