John Amos, who starred as the patriarch on the 1970s sitcom 'Good Times' and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the 1977 miniseries 'Roots,' has died.
FILE - John Amos poses for a portrait on May 11, 2016, in New York. 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. He was 84.
"That show was the closest depiction in reality to life as an African American family living in those circumstances as it could be," Amos told Time magazine in 2021. "The fact is that Esther's criticism, and also that of John and others — some of it very pointed and personal — seriously damaged my appeal in the Black community," Walker wrote in his 2012 memoir "Dyn-O-Mite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times."
Amos and Lear later reconciled and they shared a hug at a "Good Times" live TV reunion special in 2019.
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