Trailblazing Black Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr dies at 87

Gossett appeared in more than 60 movies, and in 1983 became the third Black actor -- after Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier -- to win an Academy Award, for his supporting role as a stern gunnery sergeant in Taylor Hackford's "An Officer and a Gentleman."

Louis Gossett Jr speaks onstage at the screening of “Carmen Jones” during the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP/Getty Images)