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John Amos (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor and retired football player. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries "Roots" and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series "Good Times." He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he played numerous supporting roles in movies such as "The Beastmaster" (1982), "Coming to America" (1988), "Lock Up" (1989), "Die Hard 2" (1990) and "Coming 2 America" (2021). Prior to acting, he played on the Colorado State Rams football team and in 1964, he signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Denver Broncos and in 1967 signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Both of these contracts did not land him a spot on the teams and played a final season in the Continental Football League with the Victoria Steelers before pursuing acting.
These are the brothers, the Johnson brothers. And there are not a few of them. 7 brothers and cousins. The Johnsones live in California, where they have beautiful women and a family business founded by their fathers. The company is called Johnson Brothers and deals in polishing and selling polished old American cars such as Mustang, Chverolet, Lincoln, Pontiac, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and many more. It's just a great business. Funny family comedy full of nostalgia. Johnson's brothers have to sell 200 cars in one month, or they will lose their business, they will lose their family wealth, their home. In the background, a family story takes place, where the point is that one of Johnson's original brothers, Uncle Jamal, who became estranged from his family and lived his life elsewhere and otherwise, decided to return to his family and put his old family relationships together. All of Johnson must join forces to save the family business.
