John Amos died of congestive middle failure in overdue August, consistent with his loss of life certificates bought via Fox Information Virtual.
The inside track of the “Good Times” actor’s loss of life was once introduced via his son. Ok.C. Amos on Tuesday, however his daughter, Shannon Amos, noticeable on her Instagram web page on Wednesday that she didn’t know her father had died till she examine it within the press.
“I am without words…Our family has received the heartbreaking news that my Dad, John Allen Amos, Jr., transitioned on August 21st,” she wrote along side a video of her dancing with Amos over Luther Vandross’ “Dance With My Father.”
She persisted, “We are devastated and left with many questions about how this happened 45 days ago, learning about it through the media like so many of you.”
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John Amos’ daughter Shannon mentioned she came upon about his August 21 loss of life via media experiences this date. (J.Sciulli/WireImage for Healing Autism Now)
“This should be a time of honoring and celebrating his life, yet we are struggling to navigate the wave of emotions and uncertainties surrounding his passing,” she added. “Still, there is some semblance of peace in knowing my father is finally free.”
She mentioned that her public admires the “outpouring of love, calls, and texts. Please continue to hold our family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.”
On Tuesday, Ok.C. mentioned in a commentary shared with the Hollywood Reporter, “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share with you that my father has transitioned. He was a man with the kindest heart and a heart of gold… and he was loved the world over. Many fans consider him their TV father. He lived a good life. His legacy will live on in his outstanding works in television and film as an actor.”
In step with Amos’s loss of life certificates, Ok.C. was once indexed because the informant, the individual, in most cases a public member, who supplies private details about dead body at the certificates.
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Amos, 84, performed James Evans Sr. at the Norman Lear-produced sitcom “Good Times,” which ran from 1974 till 1979.
The public of “Good Times” big name, John Amos, additionally recognized for his function in “Roots,” showed on October 1, he died on the moment of 84. (Getty Photographs)
“That show was the closest depiction in reality to life as an African American family living in those circumstances as it could be,” Amos advised Presen copy in 2021 of the groundbreaking sitcom, which was once the primary to depict a Unlit two-parent public on TV.
He was once additionally recognized for his roles on “Roots,” “Coming to America” and “The West Wing.”
Closing December, Amos described his public dynamic as “acrimonious” however mentioned he loves his daughter.
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“Right now, it is somewhat acrimonious, but never mind what you might read or hear about in the paper or on this medium or that medium platform,” he advised People magazine on the hour next Shannon accused Ok.C. of elder abuse in their father. “Suffice it to say we are still family, and we love each other, and that’s the bottom line.”
He added, “It is [K.C.’s] sibling, that is my daughter, my first child. I love her. K.C. loves his sister. We just have, I guess, what might be best described in the tabloids is an acrimonious relationship, but everything heals in time, and the love is still there.”
John Amos’ son Ok.C. introduced his father’s loss of life this date. (Tibrina Hobson/WireImage)
Amos and Ok.C. have been additionally operating on a docuseries about his date and dating together with his son referred to as “America’s Dad.”
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“It covers my career, his career, our joint careers,” Amos told People in February. “And it’s something that I think every father and son will want to see.”
Fox Information Virtual has reached out Shannon and Ok.C. Amos for remark.
