Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ Star and Action Hero, Dies at 81

Richard Roundtree , the action-movie hero best known for starring in the “Shaft” movie franchise, has died. He was 81 years old. As the detective John Shaft, Roundtree became known as the first Black action star and was one of the faces of the so-called blaxploitation film genre in the early 1970s.

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