Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to ever win the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor, has died at age 87, The Associated Press reported on Friday.
The news was confirmed to the outlet by his cousin, who didn't specify the cause of death. "Never mind the awards, never mind the glitz and glamor, the Rolls-Royces and the big houses in Malibu. It's about the humanity of the people that he stood for," said Neal L. Gossett, who remembered his relative as a great joke teller and highlighted him meeting Nelson Mandela.
