Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died at the age of 81 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died at the age of 81 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.