Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best supporting actor for playing a no-nonsense drill sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), has died, his family said Friday. He was 87.
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RIP Lou Gosset Jr. A Great actor -
Wrote this Great Anti War tune with Richie Havens too.
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Havens wrote this with Louis Gossett Jr., an actor who would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1982 movie An Officer and a Gentleman. Gossett was also a folk singer who made the rounds at coffeehouses in Greenwich Village, where Havens was a regular. "He used to sing work songs and chain-gang songs, and he would just smack the guitar," Havens explained in a 1994 DISCoveries interview. "You know, [sings] 'Take this hammer' -- smack! 'Carry it to the captain' -- smack! He'd sing all these great tunes. That's how I first met him."
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