Flowers placed at Louis Gossett Jr.'s Walk of Fame Star

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Flowers were placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of late actor Louis Gossett Jr. on Friday. He was the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots." Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed. He was 87. (Mar. 30)