The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed this Good times And roots Star John Amos died of heart failure, according to the actor's death certificate, obtained by TMZ.

Amos died on August 21st at the age of 84, but his death was only announced yesterday, October 1st, by his son Kelly Christopher Amos.

His daughter, Shannon Amos, said in an Instagram post Tuesday evening that she was “at a loss for words” after learning of her father's death through the media.

“I am at a loss for words… Our family received the heartbreaking news that my father, John Allen Amos Jr., transitioned on August 21st,” she wrote. “We are devastated and have many questions about how this happened 45 days ago, as we, like so many of you, found out about it through the media.”

Amos was known for the role of Florida Evans' (Esther Rolle) husband, James Good timesfrom which emerged Maudand for the role of Gordy Howard, the weatherman The Mary Tyler Moore Showwhich gave him his breakthrough in the entertainment industry in 1970. He also played the older Kunte Kinte in ABC's groundbreaking 1977 miniseries roots. Amos' other appearances included several episodes of The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, Future cop, Hunter, 704 houses, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In the house, The district, three episodes of Two and a Half Men, some episodes in The Ranch and two episodes of Baller.

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He continued to appear in Die Hard 2 (1990), The West Wing, All about the Andersons alongside Anthony Anderson, Men in trees. He reprized his role as Cleo McDowell in the 1989 sequel Coming To America – Coming 2 America (2021). Other film roles include vanishing point (1971), The Baadasssss song by Sweet Sweetback (1971), Keeping Up With the Joneses (1972), Touched by love (1980), American flyers (1985) and several more. His recent films include: Block party (2022), Time for me (2022) and The last shooter (2023).