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TV and film star John Amos has passed. From the Hollywood Reporter:
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I find it profoundly weird that, for the second time in a month, I'm linking to a scene from Amazon's Coming 2 America sequel in an obituary thread:
You'll notice Louie Anderson early in the video; he died in 2022, a year after the film came out. Also in the cast: James Earl Jones, of course, and Dikembe Mutombo in a cameo. (Earlier this year Eddie Murphy brought back another character, Axel Foley, for a Beverly Hills Cop sequel on Netflix. John Ashton, who played Taggart in that film as well as the first two in the series, died last week.)
Not to derail the thread, but while a lot of people bemoan Hollywood's fixation on sequels, you could argue that maybe they should get made, while the actors are still around.
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad, Dies at 84
He played Gordy the weatherman on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and earned an Emmy nom for his turn as the older Kunta Kinte on 'Roots.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
I find it profoundly weird that, for the second time in a month, I'm linking to a scene from Amazon's Coming 2 America sequel in an obituary thread:
You'll notice Louie Anderson early in the video; he died in 2022, a year after the film came out. Also in the cast: James Earl Jones, of course, and Dikembe Mutombo in a cameo. (Earlier this year Eddie Murphy brought back another character, Axel Foley, for a Beverly Hills Cop sequel on Netflix. John Ashton, who played Taggart in that film as well as the first two in the series, died last week.)
Not to derail the thread, but while a lot of people bemoan Hollywood's fixation on sequels, you could argue that maybe they should get made, while the actors are still around.