John Amos, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the older Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died at 84, TheWrap has learned. A representative for the actor confirmed to TheWrap that ...

The groundbreaking television miniseries "Roots," which tells the story of Kunta Kinte, kidnapped in Africa and sold into slavery in the United States, is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a ...

The post John Amos, Good Times Actor, Dead at 84 appeared first on Consequence. John Amos, the career actor who played the adult Kunta Kinte in Roots and James Evans Sr. on Good Times, among countless ...

*Up-and-coming British actor Malachi Kirby has been cast as Kunta Kinte in A&E Networks’ remake of “Roots,” reports Deadline.com. Billed as an “event series,” the remake will follow the iconic ...

But one of the most touching tributes of all came from LeVar Burton, Amos’ co-star in the hit 1977 mini-series “Roots.” Burton played a young Kunta Kinte, the son of an African warrior who is captured ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 mini-series “Roots.” I was watching the PBS series “Finding Our Roots” with Henry Louis ...

(Reuters) – The groundbreaking television miniseries “Roots,” which tells the story of Kunta Kinte, kidnapped in Africa and sold into slavery in the United States, is celebrating its 45th anniversary ...