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RIP Louis Gossett Jr

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Dead at 87.

His performance in An Officer and a Gentleman was one of the best ever. Even when he made sillier movies like Iron Eagle he was great.
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Diggstown might be my favorite of his movies.
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Wow... haven't thought about him in a while and didn't occur to me that he was so old. Iron Eagle may have been cheesy, but I loved those movies as a kid. I can't say that I ever saw any of his more serious stuff, but his action movies were fun.
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disarm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:44 am Wow... haven't thought about him in a while and didn't occur to me that he was so old. Iron Eagle may have been cheesy, but I loved those movies as a kid. I can't say that I ever saw any of his more serious stuff, but his action movies were fun.
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If you guys haven't seen An Officer and a Gentleman, I highly recommend it. It's an excellent story and Louis Gossett Jr. is insanely good as the tough drill sergeant.
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The AP article has an insight into the racism that he faced.
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I liked him in Enemy Mine.
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I'd forgotten he was in An Officer and a Gentleman. It's been a long time since I watched it. But I remember liking it.

Same with Enemy Mine.

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Enemy Mine is one of my favorite films. This one hit me. He is one of my all time favorite actors. So many things he did I loved. My wife loved his movies too. And yes she loved An Officer and a Gentleman. I always think of him in Firewalker with Chuck Norris for some reason. It stood out to me over the years. I doubt anyone else ever saw it lol.

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I saw Firewalker a long, long time ago. I remember thinking Gossett and Norris were a great combo. I'm hesitant to watch it again though in case it was the kind of thing only a 12-year-old McNutt would enjoy.
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Damn, he was front-and-center in a lot of my favorite movies from The Olden Days. Iron Eagle was a favorite, and one of the few films my father and I would watch together (he was friends with the main stunt pilot, Art Scholl, and had flown with him on occasion.)

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Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:29 pm And don't forget that he was the voice of the Half-Life 2 Vortigaunts!
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TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:33 pm
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:29 pm And don't forget that he was the voice of the Half-Life 2 Vortigaunts!
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TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:33 pm
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I forgot he was in Stargate.
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