Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Actor in `Roots` and `Harlem Nights,` dies at 77
(LA Times Dodgers)

Ji-Tu Cumbuka, an actor known for the original `Roots,` as well as `Bound for Glory` and `Harlem Nights,` has died. He was 77. Cumbuka died on July 4 in Atlanta after a long illness, according to a Facebook post by his niece Amber Holifield. The website for his organization, Help Somebody Foundation...