Richard Roundtree, known for his role as Shaft in the series of films, died at the age of 81. The actor has left a legacy in both film and television for generations to come. Roundtree made his debut ...

Richard Roundtree, star of “Shaft,” “Roots,” and “Generations,” has died at the age of 81. The actor succumbed after a short battle with pancreatic cancer, TheWrap has learned. Roundtree’s family was ...

Samuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union, and Robert Townsend are among the many celebrities to write tributes to Roundtree, who died on Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer. The death of actor Richard ...

23 years before his death from pancreatic cancer, the actor spoke to PEOPLE about his breast cancer diagnosis and treatment Stefanie Keenan/WireImage Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at the age of ...

Richard Roundtree, the actor best known for portraying detective John Shaft in the 1971 film "Shaft," has died, his representative told CBS News. He was 81. Roundtree died Tuesday at his home in Los ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...

Samuel L. Jackson, 70, will be reprising his role as John Shaft's nephew alongside Richard Roundtree for this year's Shaft film, which hits theaters on Friday Three generations of Shaft characters ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- After a violent Mother's Day weekend in Philadelphia, police are asking the community for help in finding more than a dozen suspects. A deadly robbery is among the cases. The ...

Brian Roundtree’s crimes were laughably inept, but a judge placed him on a $1 million bond anyway, in part because he felt the suicidal man was safer in jail than out. He wasn’t. Less than 24 hours ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...