In this Wednesday, December 9, 2009 picture, Louis Gossett Jrarrives at a screening of Nine in Los Angeles. (Photo: AP)
February 10, 2010
Louis Gossett Jr diagnosed with prostate cancer
LOS ANGELES, USA – Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr says he is being treated for prostate cancer.
In the announcement Tuesday, Gossett says the disease was caught early and he expects to make a full recovery.
The 73-year-old actor says he is going public about the disease because there is not enough emphasis in the African-American community on fighting it with preventive examinations and early treatment.
Gossett has appeared in dozens of films. He won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 1983 for his portrayal of the no-nonsense Navy flight school sergeant who whips Richard Gere into shape in An Officer and a Gentleman.
