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Actor John Amos died in August, however his daughter has revealed she solely discovered about it when his passing was reported by the media on October 1.
Shannon Amos paid tribute to her late father in a video shared on Instagram that confirmed the 2 dancing to the track “Dance with My Father” by Luther Vandross.
“I’m with out phrases…Our household has obtained the heartbreaking information that my Dad, John Allen Amos, Jr., transitioned on August twenty first,” Shannon Amos wrote within the caption. “We’re devastated and left with many questions on how this occurred 45 days in the past, studying about it by the media like so a lot of you.”
The actor’s loss of life was introduced Tuesday by his son, Kelly Christopher Amos.
“It’s with heartfelt unhappiness that I share with you that my father has transitioned,” the assertion supplied to CNN reads. “He was a person with the kindest coronary heart and a coronary heart of gold… and he was beloved the world over. Many followers contemplate him their TV father. He lived an excellent life. His legacy will reside on in his excellent works in tv and movie as an actor.”
John Amos was 84.
His youngsters had disagreed on his care, which grew to become public last year after Shannon Amos raised issues to legislation enforcement. She posted on social media her perception that her father was “a sufferer of elder abuse and monetary exploitation.”
The elder Amos was hospitalized on the time and launched an announcement through his publicist insisting that he was advantageous.