Shaft star Richard Roundtree dies aged 81 Trailblazing Actor and African-American Icon Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the titular private detective in several Shaft films beginning in the early 1970s, has died at the age of 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, announced that the actor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer […]
Remembering Richard Roundtree: A Trailblazing Icon in Hollywood Tributes Pour In for Richard Roundtree Samuel L Jackson, renowned actor and star of the Shaft film series, has led the tributes to Richard Roundtree, who passed away at the age of 81 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Roundtree, widely regarded as the first Black action […]
