Roots and Brewster’s Millions Actor Ji-Tu Cumbuka Dies at 77

Roots actor Ji-Tu Cumbuka passed away Tuesday of last week in Atlanta, reportedly following an illness and double amputation. Cumbuka's niece Amber Holifield announced the actor's death via a Facebook post. Cumbuka is perhaps most well-known to moviegoers as the sage slave Wrestler in the original 1977 Roots miniseries, or ... More