Louis Gossett Jr., the first black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87.

Gossett’s nephew told the Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.

Gossett always thought of his early career as a reverse Cinderella story, with success finding him from an early age and propelling him forward, toward his Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman.”

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