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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Adrian Horton

John Amos, father in groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, dies at 84

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John Amos and Esther Rolle in Good Times. Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

John Amos, who starred as the stoic father on Good Times and played the older Kunta Kinte on Alex Haley’s seminal mini-series Roots, has died at the age of 84.

His son, Kelly Christopher Amos, announced that Amos died on 21 August of natural causes in Los Angeles.

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