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Actor Richard Roundtree, best known for ‘Shaft’ role, dead at 81

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Richard Roundtree at the Red Rooster, Harlem, 2019 (281585)

Reports indicate that actor Richard Roundtree, best known for his role in the 1971 film “Shaft,” has died at age 81 from pancreatic cancer.

Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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