John Amos died of congestive coronary heart failure in late August, based on his loss of life certificates obtained by Fox Information Digital.
The information of the “Good Instances” actor’s loss of life was introduced by his son. Okay.C. Amos on Tuesday, however his daughter, Shannon Amos, revealed on her Instagram web page on Wednesday that she didn’t know her father had died till she examine it within the press.
“I’m with out phrases…Our household has acquired the heartbreaking information that my Dad, John Allen Amos, Jr., transitioned on August twenty first,” she wrote together with a video of her dancing with Amos over Luther Vandross’ “Dance With My Father.”
She continued, “We’re devastated and left with many questions on how this occurred 45 days in the past, studying about it by the media like so a lot of you.”
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John Amos’ daughter Shannon stated she discovered about his August 21 loss of life by media reviews this week. (J.Sciulli/WireImage for Remedy Autism Now)
“This needs to be a time of honoring and celebrating his life, but we’re struggling to navigate the wave of feelings and uncertainties surrounding his passing,” she added. “Nonetheless, there’s some semblance of peace in realizing my father is lastly free.”
She stated that her household appreciates the “outpouring of affection, calls, and texts. Please proceed to carry our household in your ideas and prayers. Thanks.”
On Tuesday, Okay.C. stated in an announcement shared with the Hollywood Reporter, “It’s with heartfelt disappointment that I share with you that my father has transitioned. He was a person with the kindest coronary heart and a coronary heart of gold… and he was beloved the world over. Many followers contemplate him their TV father. He lived an excellent life. His legacy will dwell on in his excellent works in tv and movie as an actor.”
Per Amos’s loss of life certificates, Okay.C. was listed because the informant, the individual, often a member of the family, who gives private details about the deceased on the certificates.
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Amos, 84, performed James Evans Sr. on the Norman Lear-produced sitcom “Good Instances,” which ran from 1974 till 1979.
The household of “Good Instances” star, John Amos, additionally recognized for his function in “Roots,” confirmed on October 1, he died on the age of 84. (Getty Pictures)
“That present was the closest depiction in actuality to life as an African American household residing in these circumstances because it could possibly be,” Amos informed Time journal in 2021 of the groundbreaking sitcom, which was the primary to depict a Black two-parent household on TV.
He was additionally recognized for his roles on “Roots,” “Coming to America” and “The West Wing.”
Final December, Amos described his household dynamic as “acrimonious” however stated he loves his daughter.
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“Proper now, it’s considerably acrimonious, however by no means thoughts what you may learn or hear about within the paper or on this medium or that medium platform,” he informed Folks journal on the time after Shannon accused Okay.C. of elder abuse of their father. “Suffice it to say we’re nonetheless household, and we love one another, and that is the underside line.”
He added, “It’s [K.C.’s] sibling, that’s my daughter, my first little one. I like her. Okay.C. loves his sister. We simply have, I suppose, what may be greatest described within the tabloids is an acrimonious relationship, however the whole lot heals in time, and the love continues to be there.”
John Amos’ son Okay.C. introduced his father’s loss of life this week. (Tibrina Hobson/WireImage)
Amos and Okay.C. had been additionally engaged on a docuseries about his life and relationship together with his son referred to as “America’s Dad.”
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“It covers my profession, his profession, our joint careers,” Amos informed Folks in February. “And it is one thing that I feel each father and son will wish to see.”
Fox Information Digital has reached out Shannon and Okay.C. Amos for remark.
