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'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

LOS ANGELES – Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...
The New York Times

Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Is Dead at 81

While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, he remained active for more than four decades afterward. Richard Roundtree in the 1971 film “Shaft,” which made him a star.Credit...John ...
PBS

Trailblazing ‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...
KEYT

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...