The eras and settings were wildly different, but the men he played were unquestionably John Amos characters ... dreams and got into acting. In the early Seventies, he had small roles on TV ...

On Oct. 1, Amos' son, Kelly Christopher "K.C." Amos, announced that the Emmy-nominated actor died of natural causes on Aug. 21 in a statement shared with PEOPLE Shahar Azran/WireImage/Getty Images ...

John Amos has passed away. Born in 1939, Amos began his career in the early 70s, acting in various TV episodes. His first ...

Suspect in John Amos Power Plant. (FBI photo ... The FBI said the man is white in his late 20s or early 30s, 5-feet 9-inches or 5-feet 10-inches tall, about 170 pounds. The suspect is seen ...

John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom ''Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries ''Roots,'' has died. He was 84.

Professor Hanus delivered a very interesting lecture last evening, in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the birthday of John Amos Comenius ... Even at that early date, we ...