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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_AmosJohn Amos - Wikipedia

    John Allen Amos Jr. [1] (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times.

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  3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/10/01 › artsJohn Amos, a Star of ‘Good Times’ and ‘Roots,’ Is Dead at 84

    Oct 1, 2024 · John Amos, who played a stern patriarch on “Good Times,” America’s first sitcom featuring a two-parent Black family, and who had a starring role in “Roots,” the slavery narrative that became...

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  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesJohn Amos: Roots, Good Times and The West Wing actor ... - BBC

    Oct 2, 2024 · Amos, who was 84, played stern but loving patriarch James Evans in Good Times, one of the first sitcoms about a black family, from 1974. But he was fired after three seasons following heated and...

  5. www.cbc.ca › news › entertainmentJohn Amos, star of Good Times and Roots, dead at 84

    Oct 1, 2024 · John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom Good Times and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, has died. He was 84.

  6. www.npr.org › 2024/10/01 › nx-s1-5135539John Amos, star of TV's 'Good Times' and 'Roots,' dies at 84

    Oct 1, 2024 · Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84.

  7. ew.com › john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-actor-84John Amos dead: 'Good Times' and 'Roots' star was 84

    Oct 1, 2024 · John Amos, the actor known for playing hard-working father James Evans on 'Good Times' and the older Kunta Kinte in 'Roots,' has died at 84.

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  9. www.npr.org › john-amos-good-times-roots-died-84John Amos was a TV pioneer who became the image of Black ...

    Oct 2, 2024 · Amos, who played James Evans Sr. in the 1970s sitcom Good Times, showed TV critic Eric Deggans what it was like to have a concerned, ethical father at home.