John Amos dead at 84
 

I have never seen so many celebrities die in 1 week.

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What the fuck. Heaven is reloading their lineup.



:rip:

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geez, when it rains it pours. RIP.

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Wow RIP... I wonder if all these celebrities know something the rest of us don't.

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In honor of the Sports Night thread bump: RIP Admiral Fitzwallace

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Mr. McDowell and King Jaffe Joffer now sharing little pigs in a blanket. :rip:

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Under the Golden Arcs

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https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...87ed58716e.gif

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Oh wooow. RIP. He meant a lot to Our Community.

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RIP. He was a real one.

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I forgot the role he played but I remember him for his guest appearance on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and thought he was really good. RIP

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He was the father of the girl Will married(?)

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He was either the father of Tyra Banks or Nia Long on the show.

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I was Nia Long. I can picture them on screen. I just don't remember if her and WIll ended up getting married at the end of the show.

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One of the first realistic father figures on TV. What a week this is with the passing of so many.

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Damn. This is sad. I was too young to watch him on Good Times but I enjoyed seeing him pop up in movies and tv shows over the years.

His overly excited “I feel like breakdancing!” line in Coming to America makes me smile every time I watch it.

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They ended up not getting married. However Will Smith's TV mom married Nia Long TV's Dad on the show. RIP to John Amos.

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You would have to be in your late 50s to 60+ now to have seen Good Times 1st run and still remember it.

Wasn't Amos the patriarch of the family on that show, but later died? Amos looked a lot older than his actual age. He was only 34 when Good Times started.

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Yeah they killed him off after the 3rd season. He was fired for disagreeing with Lear and writing staff.

I remember watching Good Times some on tv but I watched Sanford and Son more.

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8 years older than his TV son and 19 years younger than TV wife.

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I saw Good Times all the way through in syndication several times as a kid. Made me a lifelong fan of Mr Amos.

And then he showed up in Beastmaster, which was on TV a time or two in the 80s/early 90s.

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Phucking Uncle Phil phorgot to pick Will up and take him to the church for the ceremony :(

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Damn!! Damn!! Daaaaaaaaaaaamn!!

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My recollection is that he objected to them putting the emphasis on Jimmy JJ Walker's character. Amos thought that Walker's performance was a racist caricature throwing back to how Blacks were portrayed in the pre-Civil Rights era.

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Yeah he was not happy about it and most likely was what he got into with Lear. Esther Rolle (Florida Evans) was even more outspoken about Walker's character.

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Sad news. Even up to current times it was fun seeing him randomly play himself in Uncut Gems.

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​​​​​​​Wonder why they waited so long.

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As a kid, I was a huge fan of him in The Beastmaster. It was always a treat to see him pop up in movies.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...0acf99db53.jpg

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RIP


I remember him from Die Hard 2.

I think something shady was going on with his family and the estate and the care he was receiving.


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...en-1235639539/

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I didn’t watch Good Times, so I know him from Die Hard 2 as well. “I’m your kind of asshole.”

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Rest In Peace, John Amos.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GY0s6f3bQAc3L3Z.jpg

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Was in lots of shows and some films. Cool guy. RIP.

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I was too. Loved the film growing up but the older I got, just give me Conan the Barbarian.

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This reminded me that after Betty White died, I said that cast of the Mary Tyler Moore Show has been wiped out... and someone brought up John Amos still being alive - but I didn't think he counted as he was in only 13 episodes. If you counted him, then his death solidifies it now.

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He did! Too bad he F'd up Good Times leaving.

I texted my family about his passing yesterday and my sister told me that he died in August. How does something take that long to come up?

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Bad time for people who were in Eddie Murphy movies: John Amos, James Earl Jones, John Ashton

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https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...2ab0e726c.jpeg...Eddie Murphy is killing and eating his former co-stars!!

That's what I heard. That's what people are saying. Everyone is wondering why he is doing this terrible thing. That's all people are talking about.

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I guess TMZ has someone at the LA Coroner's office on payroll

It was leaked that Amos died from heart failure

https://deadline.com/2024/10/john-am...m_term=6431290

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He was in the hit tv mini-series Roots playing a adult Kunta Kinte.

:rip: John Amos

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Yep he died back in August but I believe the Family officially announced it on 10/1 so that's why it's been a big story. But as someone pointed out, there have been some accusations of Elder Abuse that was investigated and some current Family drama. :(