Amos and co-star Esther Rolle ... the centerpiece of “Roots,” based on Alex Haley’s novel about the era of slavery in the ...

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.

The track - Roots - got her noticed by the judges, she became one of the stars of the 2017 series and made it all the way to the final, where she came runner-up. But the 24-year-old from Blackburn ...