Richard Roundtree, best known for his popular role in the Shaft franchise, has died.According to new reports, Roundtree passed away on Oct. 24 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. The beloved actor’s family is said to have been at his bedside at the time of his passing. Roundtree’s agency, Artists & Representatives, as well as his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed the actor’s death to Deadline. He was 81 years old.As an actor, Roundtree is very well known for playing John Shaft, the titular role, in the celebrated 1971 movie Shaft. His performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He reprised the role for two sequels, 1972’s Shaft’s Big Score! and 1973’s Shaft in Africa, as well as a series of television films on CBS in 1973 and 1974. He’d reprise the role once again decades later for the 2000 Shaft reboot in which Samuel L. Jackson starred as John Shaft’s nephew. After almost another two decades, Roundtree would appear as John Shaft one last time in 2019’s Shaft, which served as a follow-up to Jackson’s 2000 film.
Richard Roundtree, best known for his popular role in the Shaft franchise, has died.
According to new reports, Roundtree passed away on Oct. 24 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. The beloved actor’s family is said to have been at his bedside at the time of his passing. Roundtree’s agency, Artists & Representatives, as well as his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed the actor’s death to Deadline. He was 81 years old.
As an actor, Roundtree is very well known for playing John Shaft, the titular role, in the celebrated 1971 movie Shaft. His performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He reprised the role for two sequels, 1972’s Shaft’s Big Score! and 1973’s Shaft in Africa, as well as a series of television films on CBS in 1973 and 1974. He’d reprise the role once again decades later for the 2000 Shaft reboot in which Samuel L. Jackson starred as John Shaft’s nephew. After almost another two decades, Roundtree would appear as John Shaft one last time in 2019’s Shaft, which served as a follow-up to Jackson’s 2000 film.
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