{"id":60945,"date":"2023-10-25T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=60945"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:33:24","slug":"richard-roundtree-star-of-shaft-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/25\/richard-roundtree-star-of-shaft-dies-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Roundtree, Star of &#8216;Shaft,&#8217; Dies at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60946\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-1536x1218.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-750x595.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Roundtree-1140x904.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a> Mr. Roundtree\u2019s death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, and his agency, Artists &amp; Representatives Agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Richard&#8217;s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men,&#8221; McMinn said. &#8220;The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2411387244\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94k4a1GI9rY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Roundtree was a cancer survivor. Although he was initially quiet about it, Roundtree later became an advocate for raising awareness of the disease.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Working with Richard Roundtree was a dream. Getting to hang with him &amp; our Being Mary Jane family was always a good ass time with the best stories &amp; laughs. He was ALWAYS the coolest man in the room with the BEST vibes &amp; ppl would literally run over to come see him. He was simply\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1N8fHVDsA6\">pic.twitter.com\/1N8fHVDsA6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsgabrielleu\/status\/1716978458075779393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;Not talking about my cancer was really tough,&#8221; Roundtree told ABC News in a 2007 interview. &#8220;And now that I do talk about it all the time, it&#8217;s really become a backhanded blessing. I was getting on a plane recently, and a flight attendant ran up to me and said, &#8216;You saved my husband&#8217;s life.&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1942, Roundtree made his silver-screen debut in 1971 with his starring role in the Gordon Parks-directed &#8220;<em>Shaft<\/em>,&#8221; which followed the exploits of private eye John Shaft. The low-budget movie rocked the cultural firmament like an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Shaft<\/em>&#8221; was made for $500,000 and grossed $13 million, nabbing a Best Original Song Oscar\u00ae for Isaac Hayes, who composed the title track. 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