‘Shaft’ Star Richard Roundtree Remembered by Samuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union and More: ‘The Best to Ever Do It’

Samuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union and more have paid tribute to “Shaft” icon Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Jackson, who first portrayed detective John Shaft’s (Roundtree) nephew in the 2000 sequel to Gordon Park’s 1971 action thriller “Shaft,” posted a photo of the two […]
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