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☆ Richard Roundtree, Black action hero who played 'Shaft,' dead at 81
  + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] FILE PHOTO: Cast member Richard Roundtree poses at the premiere of the movie "What Men Want" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 24 (Reuters) - Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the "Shaft" films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in America, died on Tuesday aged 81, the Hollywood Reporter said, citing his manager. Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, the Reporter said, citing his manager, Patrick McMinn. Roundtree worked regularly until the end, with 159 acting credits to his name plus three upcoming projects yet to be released, according to IMDB.com. He was married twice and is survived by four daughters - Nicole, Tayler, Morgan and Kelli Roundtree - and his son, James, Variety said.
Persons: Richard Roundtree, Mario Anzuoni, John Shaft, Roundtree, Patrick McMinn, McMinn, Isaac Hayes, Miles, Peter O'Toole's Robinson, Laurence Olivier's, General Douglas MacArthur, Nicole, Tayler, Morgan, Kelli Roundtree, James, Variety, Daniel Trotta, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, America, Los Angeles, Harlem, New York, Mississippi
☆ 'Shaft' Star Richard Roundtree, Considered the First Black Action Movie Hero, Has Died at 81
  + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time. Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft” theme song — which included the line “You a bad mother— (Shut your mouth)” — helped insinuate the original movie into the pop-cult consciousness. After the film’s success, Roundtree returned in sequels “Shaft’s Big Score” in 1972 and “Shaft in Africa” in 1973. Roundtree reprised his role in the 2000 “Shaft” film, a revival that starred Samuel L. Jackson.
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☆ Richard Roundtree, 'Shaft' star, has died
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died, according to multiple reports. McMinn told the outlet that the actor died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”The CNN has reached out to representatives for the actor for comment. Roundtree has the distinction of being among a handful of actors who enjoyed top billing with his first-ever screen credit. Until then a theater actor, his starring role in the 1971 Blaxploitation epic “Shaft” propelled him into the cultural limelight, launching a franchise that would see sequels, a TV series and a 2019 reboot starring Samuel L. Jackson.
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☆ Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Anita Gates | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Richard Roundtree, the actor who redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “Shaft,” one of the first Black action heroes, died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his manager, Patrick McMinn, who said that it had been diagnosed two months ago. “Shaft,” which was released in 1971, was among the first of the so-called Blaxploitation movies, and it made Roundtree a movie star at 29. The character John Shaft is his own man, a private detective who jaywalks confidently through moving Times Square traffic in a handsome brown leather coat with the collar turned up; sports a robust, dark mustache somewhere between walrus-style and a downturned handlebar; and keeps a pearl-handled revolver in the fridge in his Greenwich Village duplex apartment. As Roundtree observed in a 1972 article in The New York Times, he is “a Black man who is for once a winner.”
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