A Poet of an Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr. (1936-2024) | Tributes
He explored that cruel past in the landmark 1977 television miniseries “Roots”. Gossett won a Primetime Emmy for the role of Fiddler. It wasn’t an easy part to play. Fiddler, an enslaved person, is tasked with helping to break the younger Kunta Kinte, played by LeVar Burton, and make a proud young Mandinka into an … Read more
