Shaft star Richard Roundtree dies aged 81
 

[Richard Roundtree, famous for playing the lead
in 1971 thriller Shaft, has died from
pancreatic cancer aged 81.

His manager confirmed his death to US
sites Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.

Roundtree's turn as streetwise private detective
John Shaft made him a star - with the famous
musical intro by Isaac Hayes also winning an Oscar.]


Top actor sadly missed


https://news.sky.com/story/shaft-sta...ed-81-12992102



https://variety.com/wp-content/uploa...ize=1000%2C563

last video before his death, was with his grandson


the last film he was in before his death, was Moving On (2022) alongside Jane Fonda, Malcolm McDowell, Lily Tomlin