Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several "Shaft" films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree's longtime manager, ...

Richard Roundtree, best known for playing the titular character in the groundbreaking "Shaft" franchise, died Tuesday at age 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed to ABC News that ...

Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, died October 24 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside. He was 81.

LOS ANGELES — Richard Roundtree, a US actor best known for his starring role in the Shaft film franchise, has died aged 81. He died at home in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon with his family by his ...