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Louis Gossett Jr., 87, dies.

Louis Gossett Jr., who was the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1982 romantic drama An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87. The actor died Thursday night (March 28) in Santa Monica, CA, his nephew confirmed to the Associated Press. No official cause of death has been announced, though it was previously revealed that he was diagnosed with the early stages of prostate cancer in 2010.

Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. says he is being treated for prostate cancer. Gossett, who made the announcement Tuesday, says the disease was caught early and he expects to make a full recovery. The 73-year-old actor says he is going public about the disease because there is not enough emphasis in the African-American community on fighting it with preventive examinations and early treatment. Gossett has appeared in dozens of films. He won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 1983 for his portrayal of the no-nonsense Navy flight school sergeant who whips Richard Gere into shape in "An Officer and...

Oscar-winning actor Lou Gossett Jr. will be in Boston tomorrow to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the Boston Children’s Chorus at the nationally televised “Raising The Roof” concert. But don’t expect to see the “An Officer and a Gentleman” star at the Inaugural Purple Ball in D.C. this week, because Lou and the organizers have parted ways - and not on the best of terms!

Tuesday, October 1, 2002 Ujaama ordered held without bail THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered an American Muslim held without bail on charges of trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, saying the court had no other way of ensuring he would appear for trial. James Ujaama, who grew up in Seattle, was arrested July 22 in Denver. He was held as a material witness until Aug. 29, when a grand jury in Seattle indicted him on one count of conspiracy to provide material support and resources for the al-Qaida terrorist network, and another...