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    Louis Gossett Jr ‘paved way for black actors’, say Color Purple cast in tribute

    by Charlotte McLaughlin Mar 29, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: AP

    American actor Louis Gossett Jr has been hailed as a “true legend and great” and for “paving the way for black actors” by the cast of The Color Purple following his death at the age of 87.

    He won the supporting actor and Debra Winger in the 1982 romance drama.

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