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John Amos, Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

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Born John Allen Amos Jr. on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Colorado State University with a sociology degree and played on the school’s football team.
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