not a Big Mac - John Amos' two most iconic roles came more than a decade prior, in the Seventies. In 1974, CBS debuted Good Times, where Amos and Esther Rolle played James and Florida Evans ...

John's daughter and other loved ones claimed they learned of Amos' death through the media and said they believe his remains were cremated in order to avoid a further investigation into his death ...

John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom ''Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries ''Roots,'' has died. He was 84.