Hollywood is mourning the death of Emmy-nominated actor John Amos, who died of natural causes at the age of 84 on Aug. 21, ...

John Amos’ cause of death has been revealed. The 84-year-old Good Times alum died of congestive heart failure, according to a ...

He played Gordy the weatherman on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and earned an Emmy nom for his turn as the older Kunta Kinte on 'Roots.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor John Amos, the TV writer turned ...

Actor John Amos, who gained widespread recognition in the 1970s when he portrayed the patriarch on the classic sitcom “Good ...

Amos was known for playing Florida Evans’ (Esther Rolle) husband James in Good Times, which spun off of Maude, and for playing Gordy Howard the weatherman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show ...

the even-keeled weather forecaster on Minneapolis news station WJM-TV in 13 episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-77). In the landmark miniseries “Roots” (1977), a miniseries that ...

During his tenure, Amos clashed with the show writers over the stereotypical storylines. He ultimately exited ahead of season 4 and his character was killed in a car crash. “Their perception or ...

Here are 10 photos of John Amos over the years: Ralph Carter, Bernnadette Stanis, Ja’net Dubois, Esther Rolle, Jimmie Walker ...

I want to talk to you first about The Mary Tyler Moore Show, since you’re part of this new PBS tribute to Ms. Moore. Your role on MTM was sort of your first big national exposure as an actor ...

“It was so stupid … it took all the magic away,” says writer Treva Silverman, whose script for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” “beat” Joanna Lee’s for “The Waltons” to anoint her ...

Ambition has almost always been a thorny issue for television’s fictional females. When Mary Richards applied for a secretarial job at a local television station in Minneapolis on “The Mary ...