[News] John Amos the original Kunta Kinte

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Died in mid August but due to a family feud only announced yesterday.

Great actor in the groundbreaking TV series also liked him in Coming To America and Die Hard 2.

 

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Lenny Rider said:

Died in mid August but due to a family feud only announced yesterday.

Great actor in the groundbreaking TV series also liked him in Coming To America and Die Hard 2.

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Which reminds me of the porn film "Coming in America" with the porn stars Amos & Candy.

Of course I never ever saw this film.

Die Hard Too was about 2 characters that die due to Priapism.

 

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Lenny Rider said:

Died in mid August but due to a family feud only announced yesterday.

Great actor in the groundbreaking TV series also liked him in Coming To America and Die Hard 2.

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That was a great series. The whole of our family used to watch it every Sunday (?) evening.

 

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Saturday?

 

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The greatest TV series ever.

RIP John Amos

 

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The book was better.

 

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aka Chicken George

 

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Shropshire Seagull said:

aka Chicken George

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That was Ben Vereen.

 

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That was a great series. The whole of our family used to watch it every Sunday (?) evening.

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The original Roots was a Saturday night, then Roots 2 was the Sunday night main attraction on the Beeb.

 

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Roots was my go to for teaching nutcase classes. Some got to watch as far as the Civil War.

 

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James Earl Jones and John Amos both passed within days of each other. Playing the top and tail of the Roots story

 

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Absolutely brilliant as Admiral Sissy-Mary in The West Wing. A towering actor and a sad loss.

 

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Thunder Bolt said:

The book was better.

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But didn't Alex Haley end up getting done for plagiarism?

 

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Lenny Rider said:

But didn't Alex Haley end up getting done for plagiarism?

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Thunder Bolt said:

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https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/roots-plagiarism-suit-is-settled-roots-plagiarism-suit-is-settled.html#:~:text=Alex%20Haley%20settled%20a%20lawsuit%20yesterday%20by%20acknowledging%20that

Thank god for the interweb

 

Thunder Bolt

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Lenny Rider said:

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/roots-plagiarism-suit-is-settled-roots-plagiarism-suit-is-settled.html#:~:text=Alex%20Haley%20settled%20a%20lawsuit%20yesterday%20by%20acknowledging%20that

Thank god for the interweb

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Then why did you ask me?

 

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Thunder Bolt said:

Then why did you ask me?

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Because as dear old Bob Hoskins used to say, "Its good to talk"