There had been drill sergeants in movies before Louis Gossett Jr. played one in "An Officer and a Gentleman" in 1982 (though for the life of me, I can't remember any). There would be a lot of them ...

Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, has died aged 87. The star died on Thursday night (28 March) in Santa Monica, California, according to his nephew ...