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John Amos, Good Times

The New York Times · 13h

When John Amos Had Enough of the ‘Good Times’

The actor, whose death was announced this week, made it known he didn’t like the direction the hit show was going. His character was then killed off.

The Boston Globe · 22h

Remembering the ‘Good Times’ of John Amos — television’s first Black father

Rolle originated the role of Florida Evans on “Maude,” the Norman Lear comedy that starred Bea Arthur. She was so popular as Maude’s maid, she was offered her own spin-off series. Yet Rolle refused the role as it was originally written — she did not want to play a single mother of three.

CNN on MSN · 2d

John Amos, star of ‘Good Times’ and ‘Roots,’ dead at 84

John Amos, the actor known for his role as the family patriarch on the hit sitcom “Good Times” and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed miniseries “Roots,” has died, according to a statement from his son shared with The Hollywood Reporter.

1don MSN

'Good Times' star John Amos' cause of death revealed, daughter admits she learned of it from press reports

A day after "Good Times" actor John Amos' death was announced by his son K.C., his daughter Shannon revealed she found out ...

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John Amos' Cause of Death Revealed 1 Day After His Son Announced the Good Times Actor Had Died

According to John Amos' death certificate, the 'Good Times' star died of congestive heart failure on Aug. 21. The late ...

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John Amos, Good Times and Roots Star, Dead at 84

Emmy-nominated actor John Amos, best known for his role as family patriarch James Evans on Norman Lear’s Good Times, has died ...

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Good Times Park indoor playground to open second location

Good Times Park in Eagan is expanding. The indoor playground will get a second location in Woodbury before the end of the ...

Remind Magazine on MSN1d

Who Is Still Alive From the TV Show ‘Good Times?’

Have you ever wondered what the cast is up to, so many decades later? Before we learn what the surviving cast members are up ...

2dOpinion

John Amos embodied the switch-cutting, loud-talking, hard-loving Black daddy on ‘Good Times.’

After Good Times, Amos continued to play memorable Black dads. In 1977, he starred as the elder Kunta Kinte in Roots, Alex ...

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John Amos’ Family Raise Question of Possible Elder Abuse in His Death

The same day it was announced that John Amos, who starred on the sitcom Good Times and the miniseries Roots in the 1970s, had ...

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