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