John Amos, ‘Good Times’ and ‘Roots’ Star, Dies At 84
Immediately following Good Times, there was no shortage of work for John Amos. In 1977, he was cast as the older Kunta Kinte in the groundbreaking miniseries Roots (and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series).
The actor died at the age of 84 in August 2024, but his family didn’t confirm his death until two months later.
John Amos, who played a stern patriarch on “Good Times,” America’s first sitcom featuring a two-parent Black family, and who ...
John Amos, the actor whose characters in Good Times, Roots and The Mary Tyler Moore Show lent the 1970s a solid share of its ...
Shannon Amos says she found out about her father's death “through the media” more than a month after it happened.
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