Tributes to Roots and Good Times actor John Amos

Tributes have been paid to actor John Amos, who made his mark on US TV in the hugely popular landmark series Roots, and Good Times. Amos, who was 84, played stern but loving patriarch James Evans in Good Times, one of the first sitcoms about a black family, from 1974. But he was fired after three seasons following heated and long-running arguments about how the show's white writers depicted its characters. He went on to play the older Kunta Kinte in Roots, a milestone drama about an African man who is shipped to America as a slave. Amos also had roles in films like Die Hard 2, Coming To America and Uncut Gems.