FILE - Actor John Amos appears at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 14, 2007. Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)