FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. poses for a portrait in New York to promote the release of "Roots: The Complete Original Series" on Bu-ray on May 11, 2016. Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. | Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File © Provided by The Associated Press
Los Angeles, CA - The entertainment world mourns the loss of Louis Gossett Jr., a towering figure in acting whose talents bridged the gap between cinema and television, leaving behind a legacy…