{"id":68453,"date":"2024-03-29T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=68453"},"modified":"2024-03-29T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:28:42","slug":"louis-gossett-jr-87-dies-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-and-roots-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/29\/louis-gossett-jr-87-dies-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-and-roots-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Gossett Jr., 87, Dies; &#8216;An Officer and a Gentleman&#8217; and &#8216;Roots&#8217; Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68450\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-300x198.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Gossett\u2019s first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the family said Gossett died Friday morning. No cause of death was revealed. In 2010, Gossett revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-68449\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer2.webp 680w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer2-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Gossett\u2019s cousin remembered a man who walked with Nelson Mandela and who also was a great joketeller, a relative who faced and fought racism with dignity and humor.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1501713675\" 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>\u201cNever mind the awards, never mind the glitz and glamor, the Rolls-Royces, and the big houses in Malibu. It\u2019s about the humanity of the people that he stood for,\u201d his cousin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please respect the family&#8217;s privacy during this difficult time,&#8221; his family said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00ae for &#8220;<em>An Officer and a Gentleman<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He earned his first acting credit in his Brooklyn high school&#8217;s production of &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Take It with You&#8221; while he was sidelined from the basketball team with an injury.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3692334214\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>\u201cI was hooked \u2013 and so was my audience,\u201d Gossett wrote in his 2010 memoir <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TXSuYP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Actor and a Gentleman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His English teacher urged him to go into Manhattan to try out for <em>Take a Giant Step<\/em>. He got the part and made his Broadway debut in 1953 at age 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew too little to be nervous,\u201d Gossett wrote. \u201cIn retrospect, I should have been scared to death as I walked onto that stage, but I wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68451\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Louis-Gossett-Jr-officer-300x211.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Officer and a Gentleman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">Gossett attended New York University on a basketball and drama scholarship. He was soon acting and singing on TV shows hosted by David Susskind, Ed Sullivan, Red Buttons, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Steve Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Gossett became friendly with James Dean and studied acting with Marilyn Monroe, Martin Landau, and Steve McQueen at an offshoot of the Actors Studio taught by Frank Silvera.<\/p>\n<p>In 1959, Gossett received critical acclaim for his role in the Broadway production of <em>A Raisin in the Sun<\/em> along with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Diana Sands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Gossett_Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Louis Gossett Jr.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gossett\u2019s first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa Monica, California. A statement from the family said Gossett died Friday morning. No cause of death was revealed. In 2010, Gossett revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. 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