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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Richard Roundtree, the iconic actor renowned for portraying the suave private detective in the groundbreaking “Shaft” film series, has died at 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed that Roundtree succumbed to pancreatic cancer at his residence in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The legendary actor
Mark Blinch/ReutersRichard Roundtree, the actor who cemented his legacy playing the classy and self-possessed police detective John Shaft in the 1971 film and its sequels, died Tuesday, his manager said. He was 81.Roundtree died at his Los Angeles home after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from Patrick McMinn, who managed the actor’s career from 1987 to his death.“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn said,