Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81.

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Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81

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Shaft' star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81