LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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," died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Wednesday,
August 21. The death was not announced until October 1.

He played James Evans Sr. on "Good Times," which featured
one of television’s first Black two-parent families. Produced by
Norman Lear and co-created by actor Mike Evans, who co-
starred on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," it ran
from 1974-79 on CBS.

Good Times sitcom aired for six seasons on CBS, from
February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979.

Starring from left: Robert Culp, William Katt, and Connie Sellecca.

The series premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981,
and ran until February 2, 1983 on ABC. It was created by producer
Stephen J. Connell.

William Theodore Katt  will be 72 years old in February.

(FOX NEWS) – The house from the film "A Christmas Story"(2007)
has officially been put up for sale in Cleveland, Ohio.

The sale in its entirety makes up 1.3 acres of property, according
to a listing posted Monday on achristmasstoryhouse.com.

Chad Whitmer, the listing agent from the Northeast Ohio-based commercial real estate company Hoff and Leigh, said the listing
includes the house, the Bumpus house, the gift shop, museum
and a number of vacant lots that have been acquired by the
home’s current owner over the years.

Paul Coker Jr. (March 5, 1929 – July 23, 2022)

The animation industry has lost another prolific artist. Paul
Coker Jr., a cartoonist and designer whose career spanned
nearly five decades, passed away on Saturday, July 23 at his
home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

Coker’s first appearance in Mad was in 1961; and went on to illustrate
over 375 articles for the magazine.