Louis Gossett Jr., the first black man to win an Oscar as a supporting actor and known to millions as the voice of Half-Life 2's vortigaunts, has died at the age of 87.
While the aliens were voiced by Tony Todd in Episode Two and Half-Life: Alyx, the original versions in Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One were voiced by Gossett.
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As reported by AP (thank you, PC gamer), Gossett died yesterday morning in Santa Monica, California. At the time of writing, no cause of death was provided.
“It doesn't matter the awards, it doesn't matter the glitz and the glamour, the Rolls-Royces and the big houses in Malibu. It's about the humanity of the people he represented,” Gossett's cousin, Neal L. Gossett, told through a family statement. .
Gossett won an Oscar and an Emmy for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman and an Emmy for his role in Roots.
