The author claimed that both John Amos and Bill Macy also had issues ... “He’s a billionaire, and I need the money.” Norman Lear: His Life and Times hits shelves on Tuesday, November 12.

James (John Amos), on opposite sides of a local election that hinges on low voter turnout. "Norman wanted people to be involved; with their town, their state, and their country," Davis Lear says.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, John Amos' first big role came in 1970 ... on "Good Times," the groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1979 and was a spinoff of "Maude." ...

“John Amos was so glum and dispirited that it seemed impossible to go on, and we decided to write him out of the show,” Norman Lear wrote in his 2014 memoir, “Even This I Get to Experience.

“Roots” and “Good Times” star John Amos died of congestive heart failure ... on “Good Times” but was later removed from the show by Norman Lear after he criticized the all-white ...

LOS ANGELES — John Amos, an actor with Colorado ties who ... television’s first Black two-parent families. Produced by Norman Lear and co-created by actor Mike Evans, who co-starred on ...

Produced by Norman Lear and co-created by actor Mike Evans ... It was like a reward for having suffered those indignities.” Born John Allen Amos Jr. on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey ...

LOS ANGELES — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch ... s first Black two-parent families. Produced by Norman Lear and co-created by actor Mike Evans, who co-starred on “All in ...

LOS ANGELES — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch ... s first Black two-parent families. Produced by Norman Lear and co-created by actor Mike Evans, who co-starred on “All in ...

John Amos, the actor known for his role as the ... Amos said the show’s creator, Norman Lear, eventually came around to his way of thinking years later. The pair reportedly reconciled and ...

John Amos, the prolific actor known for his work ... with the “Good Times” producers — including the legendary Norman Lear — led to him being labeled a “disruptive factor” and getting ...