I would have sworn I heard Kotto died quite a while ago. Well, either way. The guy was good in pretty much every role he took on. Damn.
He traced his ancestry, and he was a bona-fide African prince. So on top of everything else, he was the real Black Panther.
I remember him from Blue Collar - not a huge blockbuster but a gritty, engaging story. Blue Collar (1978) - Credit's the only thing you can get free from the company. - YouTube
You can bet this shit would have never happened. (I think there were even more offensive images from that episode, but I can't find any at the moment.)