Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr. (1936 - 2024)
a.k.a. Lou Gossett Jr.
==Film Deaths==
*The White Dawn (1974) [Portagee]: Harpooned in the back by Inuits.
*The Deep (1977) [Henri Cloche]: Skull crushed after being bitten on the head by a moray eel during a scuffle with Robert Shaw.
*Enemy Mine (1985) [Jeriba Shigan]: Dies in childbirth (it's revealed that his race is asexual) with Dennis Quaid at his side (Louis was wearing heavy alien make-up for this role).
*Monolith (1993) [Capt. MacCandless] Shot by helicopter machine guns into a fountain, where he eventually succumbs to his wounds. 
*Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy (Bram Stoker's The Mummy) (1998) [Corbeck]: Neck snapped by Rachel Naples after he resurrects her in a ritual.
==Television Deaths==
*Bonanza: The Desperado (1971) [Buck Walter]: Shot by Warren Vanders as he stands exposed on top of the butte firing down at the posse. (Thanks to Brian)
*Sadat (1983, TV film) [Anwar Sadat]: Shot to death by an assassin. (I've never seen any of this, but I read it depicts the 1981 assassination).
*Stargate SGI: The Fourth Horseman Part 2 (2006) [Gerak]: Sacrifices himself by using his psychic powers to cure Beau Bridges and the other infected personnel; as a result of betraying the Ori, a failsafe in his body triggers spontaneous combustion, incinerating Louis on the spot.
*Psych: Heeeeere's Lassie (2012) [Lloyd Marr]: Killed (off-screen, exact method unclear) by Sara Rue. His body is seen stuffed in a dryer when James Roday and Dule Hill discover it.
*Boardwalk Empire: Havre de Grace (2013) [Oscar Boneau]: Shot in the chest by Jeffrey Wright's men as Louis is trying to protect Michael K. Williams from being captured.
*The Spoils Before Dying: The Trip Trap (2015) [Duke Webster]: Appears as the ghost of a long-dead legendary jazz musician (loosely based on both Duke Ellington and Ben Webster), appearing to Michael K. Williams during Michael's hallucination.
==Gallery==
File:1488583997693.jpg.webp|Lou Gossett Jr.’s death (below) in Enemy Mine 
LouisGossettJr-BoardwalkEmpire-ShotToDeath.jpeg|Louis Gossett Jr. in Boardwalk Empire: Havre de Grace
==Notable Connections==
*Ex-Mr. Cyndi James Gossett
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