Article 6R5AE John Amos, father in groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, dies at 84

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

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Adrian Horton
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The TV patriarch, who also played the older Kunta Kinte on the mini-series Roots, died on 21 August, according to a statement from his son

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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