John Amos, 'Good Times' Dad, 'Roots' and 'Coming to America's Actor, Dies at 84 (au.variety.com)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

But more importantly, he was Mr. McDowell:

And also Seth.

[-] Twoafros@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"When I tell you he's got his own money, I mean the boy has got his own money!!!" -Mr McDowell

Also, I always appreciated how he stood up for Lisa when the king was being disrespectful

[-] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah despite being a clown, he had morals in there

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is the button photo a joke? Cause that's the candy man

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The Candyman was Tony Todd.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It's been a rough week or so.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I was just thinking of him. I watched the Netflix documentary series about Gotti. And John Amos, like an idiot, is outside of court showing support for Gotti. Saying he's a gangster but carries himself well and seems a decent guy.

Can you imagine how stupid you have to be to show up at the trial of a murderous gangster to defend him?

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