Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81 Richard Roundtree, a Blaxploitation icon who starred as detective John Shaft, has died after a battle with pancreatic most cancers.
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Richard Roundtree, a Blaxploitation icon who starred as detective John Shaft, has died after a battle with pancreatic most cancers.
