The ceremony was held two days before John's daughter Shannon is set to host her own event to honor her father Friends and family of John Amos are remembering his legacy. Amos’ loved ones ...
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On Oct. 1, Amos' son, Kelly Christopher "K.C." Amos, announced that the Emmy-nominated actor died of natural causes on Aug. 21 in a statement shared with PEOPLE Shahar Azran/WireImage/Getty Images ...
John Amos Shares He Is 'Not in ICU ... "We're calling it America's Dad because so many young men have come up to me and said, 'Your father was my father,'" K.C. tells PEOPLE.
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.