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‘Good Times’ legend John Amos deceased at age 84
John Amos died in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES — “DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!” John Amos, who starred as patriarch James Evans Sr. on the 70s family sitcom “Good Times,” has migrated to that big ghetto in the sky. John — who had dementia — kicked the bucket in late August amid complications from congestive heart failure. He was 84. John’s daughter — Shannon Amos — broke the sad news on Instagram. But, surprisingly, she learned of John’s demise on Tuesday (October 1st) after reading about it in the news one month after he died. Ain’t that a bitch? “I am without words… Our family has received the heartbreaking news that my Dad, John Allen Amos Jr., transitioned on August 21st,” Shannon wrote along with a video of her and John dancing to ‘Dance with My Father’ by Luther Vandross. “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. 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. Still, there is some semblance of peace in knowing my father is finally free.”
Shannon and family members are accusing John’s son, Kelly Christopher Amos, and other relatives of elder abuse — claiming they purloined his cash while treating him like sh*t. The family released the following statement: “Over the past year, John Amos was isolated from his family and close friends by Kelly ‘KC’ Amos, Eugene Brummet and Belinda Foster. Despite our repeated attempts to maintain contact, KC prevented access to him, controlled and monitored his calls and severed ties with John’s daughter Shannon Amos, his brother Leslie ‘Syl’ Franklin, his grandchildren Quiera Colston and Jhazz Williams, his business manager Paul Baldessare, his god-daughter Amy Goudy, his niece Sherri Korsun, his former accountant and other close family members, friends, and loved ones.”
The family also said, “KC portrayed an image of a close father-son relationship on social media, but the reality was far more complex. KC often gave John verbal prompts to create a narrative on social media that was not reflective of the truth. We were deeply concerned that our father may have been neglected and isolated during his final days as we received photos from concerned neighbors and a medical professional.”
John’s death certificate shows he was cremated 9 days after his quietus.
KC, who has his ashes, released the following statement through 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… 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.”
John played football at Colorado State University.
He once tried out for training camps with the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League.
Produced by Norman Lear, “Good Times” ran from 1974 ’til 1979.
John’s credits also include “Roots,” “Coming to America” and “The West Wing.”
If you recall, he was fired from “Good Times” after the third season because he threatened to beat the sh*t out of the show’s white writers for portraying negative stereotypes of black people.
Watch Shannon put KC on blast and cast member tributes.
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family can be the worst people at times
John Amos was a amazing actor , but at the end of
the day I hope he knows God.,.🙏🏿
@jamesnet: God? Satan? Who is Satan? Something you learned in an Ancient Religious book? I guess you believe in Zeus and Thor too because they were also Ancient beliefs!?!? Why not believe in Allah? Or Buddha? They’re all Ancient beliefs. Or you can believe in volcanoes, The Moon or Sun Gods because once again they’re ALLLLL nothing but Ancient Beliefs JUST LIKE YOURS! Go get an education before coming to me with what you’ve been Brainwashed to believe🤦♂️.
How was there foul play when he was in hospice?did they walk up in there and kill him?
If you thought there could be any questions of inappropriate conduct you would think to have an autopsy performed and informing other family members of his passing before having Mr Amos cremated would be the right and reasonable thing to do to way lay any questions of impropriety, not keeping the rest of the family totally in the dark for 45 days whilst holding a secret cremation with no autopsy, this stinks to high heaven, and his son has dishonered his father by creating this controversy, whether he is guilty of the allegations of brainwashing and manipulating Mr Amos or not the way he has gone about Mr amos passing is totally inappropriate and tends to indicate something was not above board. To create such a dark cloud over the memory of the legend that was Mr John Amos does him a complete injustice even if the rest of the allegations are unfounded or incorrect KC has tainted and muddied the memory of his father with his selfish, spiteful and hateful actions towards the rest of the family denying them the opportunity to say goodbye to Mr Amos!
Heartbreaking!️
Where was his children to help him in his last days? The kids seem very cold and distinct. If you knew your dad was sick, how come they didn’t call or visit once a week. You didn’t know your father died for 6 weeks. That is something wrong with the daughter’s concern.
His son needs to be locked up. That’s if there’s evidence against him.
Going threw this right “NOW” with my 2 greedy siblings…?‼️?
My mom just turned 90 great health.
Money is DEFINITELY the root to all evil….‼️💔 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
Shame on the daughter. Where was her antenas before he died? Shame on the son too. Terrible ungrateful people 😔
We loved him in Roots, and Good Times, that great show, he was such a nice father in that ❤a sweetheart, and Esther Rolle was such a nice mother rolle, such a nice mother , they were great together!!! That show was very special❤ had very good messages, warm hearted !! ❤🦋🌻🌹 God bless him, and family ❤🌜✨️💫😇🙏😇🧚♀️🕊
The looks he would give JJ had me rolling on the floor..lol …This man was the entire reason I watched Good Times .Thank you, Mr Amos for many years of laughter…Deuces
Why can’t we let him rest in peace? Why must we dig around to find answers when this doesn’t concern us?
This doesn’t add up at all.
His children are pathetic. I have no idea who is telling the truth.. It’s very sad..Greed is definitely the root of all evil..That’s what happened in this case..RIP, John Amos..Hopefully, they can find out the real truth and hold those people accountable..
Coming to America, that was cool when he was the owner of his burger joint, mcdowells restaurant.
Son did something to him
❤He was my dad too😢😢go on dad, get your peace.miss u❤❤❤
I’m going to miss him planned and good times coming to America and the best show ever the PJs rest in peace Mr John Amos 🕊️🙏🏿💐😭🕊️🙏🏿💐😭🕊️😭💐✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿😭😭😭💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🙏🏿✊🏿🕊️
Absolutely love this man. This really hurts. Being 47 years old, I’ve been seeing John Amos for my entire life. He reminds me of my dear uncle who I’ve lost in 2022. Loving man he was. As a man, I love hard, and if you are a real loving man like these great men were, you’ll never forget them. Bless his sweet soul
This is so sad & I’m highly pissed off someone needs to be in jail! Someone will answer to god justice will be served.🙏🏻🕊️🤍
Would be cool to see McDonald’s change its name to McDowells for a day
How did they determine it was heart failure without an autopsy??
The worst thing Norman Lear did was to “kill off” James Evans.
HOW DID THE CRACK HEAD BROTHER GET THE FATHER
I think she’s a liar. She was booted out of the family for a reason trust me. I remember some years back, she was stirring up trouble with her father.
Well he wanted mixed kids so he got mixed kids
These blk men be so prrssed to lay up with white woman and have kids that look nothing like them, oh well.
I hope she sues her brother. That’s horribly sad. He exploited his dad, took him out of the facility where he was receiving medical care long term. I’m certain that he took all of his $ assets etc. I’m the oldest daughter of four brothers and Mysogany is real. No matter what I did or hard I tried to love/respect my father, it was returned with disrespect and abuse. My brothers who were never there for him, he always treated them with the utmost respect and love 💕 I have walked away and never looked back 💕
🦁 ❤🔥 JOHN AMOS!! WAS A BLACK-MAN!! STRONG AND UNCOMPROMISING HE DIDN’T PLAY PUPPET OR TOM!! HE WAS A AFRIKAN MAN STRONG 💪 AND MIGHTY!! ❤ 🦁 🔥 ALWAYS KUNTE KINTE’ WARRIOR!! 💪 UNITE AFRIKANS UNITE JOHN AMOS SHOWED THE WAY!! ❤ 🦁 🔥
@shabaka: His wife was white
A Real Black Man
How could she reveal the truth about his final days. When she didn’t know he had passed she found out like rest of us. More than a month after.
RIP Cleo McDowell and King Joffey Joefer AKA John Amos and James Earl Jones
The fact that he was born in a time where black men couldn’t even vote, to be a part of so many classics, and wasn’t allowing himself to be portrayed as someone we couldn’t look up too. We need more actors to do what he did. A man’s man.
Rest in peace Big John, may the Heavenly Father receive you and be with you. 🙏🏾
Doesn’t sound right to me. Sounds very strange and suspicious especially when the family didn’t know either and the cremation is very strange. I pray that the truth is revealed and prayers for the family daily strength, comfort, and understanding
Both of his children seem shady to me 🙄