John Amos, who scored an Emmy nomination for the TV series Roots and starred in comedy film Coming To America opposite Eddie Murphy, has died at the age of 84, according to his publicist.

21 John Amos, who was best known for his roles Good Times, The Roots, and Coming to America, has died. He was 84. The Emmy ...

John Amos, who scored an Emmy nomination for the TV series Roots and starred in comedy film Coming To America opposite Eddie Murphy, has died at the age of 84, according to his publicist. The US actor ...

21 Craig Barritt/Getty John Amos John Amos, who was best known for his roles Good Times, The Roots, and Coming to America, has died. He was 84. The Emmy nominated actor's son Kelly Christopher "K.C." ...

John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom Good Times and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, has died aged 84. He died 21 ...

John Amos, the Emmy-nominated actor known for his roles on ABC's groundbreaking miniseries "Roots" and "Good Times ... his life journey as an actor, 'America's Dad.' He was my dad, my best ...

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He went on to play the older Kunta Kinte in Roots, a milestone drama about an African man who is shipped to America as a slave. Amos also had roles in films like Die Hard 2, Coming To America and ...