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Gordon Parks
Deceased

How Did Gordon Parks Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 93
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn30/11/1912Born inFort Scott, Kansas, United StatesDied07/03/2006 (aged 93)Died inNew York CityCausecancerWikidataQ365682 ↗Buried atEvergreen CemeteryTMDb#6558 ↗

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.

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Filmography15 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026MartinMovieSelf - Narrator (voice)114
2005The History Makers: SuccessMovieSelf93
2005UnstoppableMovieSelf93
2002BaadAsssss CinemaMovieSelf90
2000ShaftMovieLenox Lounge Patron88
2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon ParksMovieSelf88
1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandMovieSelf87
1992LincolnMovieHenry H. Garnet (voice)80
1987Moments without Proper NamesMovieSelf75
1973Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon ParksMovieSelf61
1971Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on LocationMovieSelf59
1969My Father: Gordon ParksMovieSelf57
1969The MoviemakersMovieSelf57
1968Diary of a Harlem FamilyMovieSelf - Narration (voice)56
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf50