Today: October 05, 2024
Today: October 05, 2024

John Amos, star of ‘Good Times’ and ‘Roots,’ dead at 84

John Amos, star of 'Good Times' and 'Roots,' dead at 84
October 01, 2024

(CNN) — John Amos, the actor known for his role as the family patriarch on the hit sitcom “Good Times” and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed original miniseries “Roots,” has died, according to a his longtime publicist Belinda Foster. He was 84.

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