10K views · 626 reactions | Actor Richard Roundtree has died. He was best known as the smart and tough private investigator, John Shaft. Many regarded Shaft as the first Black American action hero on film. Roundtree became a men’s health advocate after revealing his breast cancer diagnosis in the early 1990s. Richard Roundtree was 81 years old. | Inside Edition | Facebook

10K views · 606 reactions | Sunday Morning Passage We remember Richard Roundtree, the actor best known for portraying detective John Shaft in the 1971 film "Shaft." https://cbsn.ws/3QwZKJj | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook

Remembering Richard Roundtree, first Black action hero with his role in 'Shaft'