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John Amos, patriarch on 'Good Times' and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster 'Roots,' dies at 84
John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom ''Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries ''Roots,'' has died. He was 84.
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