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Half-Life 2 actor Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87


Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and known to millions as the voice of Half-Life …

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and known to millions as the voice of Half-Life 2's vortigaunts, has died at the age of 87. As reported by AP(thanks, PC Gamer), Gossett died yesterday morning in Santa Monica, California. Gossett won an Oscar and Emmy for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman and an Emmy for his role in Roots.

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