Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role on the action crime series 'Magnum, P.I.,' has died, according to multiple reports. He was 83.
Mosley died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained in a car accident in Lynwood, California, on Thursday, Mosley’s daughter Ch-a Mosley said.
Born in LA on Dec. 18, 1938, to Eloise Harris, Mosley grew up in the Imperial Courts public housing in Watts. The actor made his television debut on the crime drama"Longstreet" in 1971 and starred in a number of films throughout the '70s, including the crime drama"Hit Man," the blaxploitation flick"The Mack" and the John Wayne drama"McQ."
But Mosley never left the world of television behind, appearing in series such as"Kojak," "The Rockford Files," "Starsky and Hutch,""The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams,""Sanford and Son," "Kung Fu," and"The Love Boat." His showbiz breakthrough, however, came in 1980 when he scored the role of helicopter pilot Theodore"TC" Calvin on"Magnum, P.I.," which starredThe representation Mosley's"Magnum, P. I." character provided to the Black community was important to the LA native.
"They keep writing for me to smoke and drink, but I won’t do it," Mosley told Ebony in a 1982 interview, per The Hollywood Reporter."I never get high, smoke or drink on the show or in real life. That’s not what I want Black kids to see."
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