Bitter family feud that plagued John Amos' final days as daughter admits she only learned of his death in the media

John Amos' last days were plagued by a bitter household feud betwixt his 2 children who were warring implicit his care. 

John died connected August 21 at the property of 84 - but quality of his decease didn't look until October 1. 

His son, Kelly Christopher Amos, had been by his broadside arsenic helium declined. He announced his decease connected societal media and it instantly garnered nationalist headlines. 

That's wherever his daughter, Shannon, archetypal learned her beloved begetter had died. 

In a shocking Instagram admittance connected Wednesday, Shannon said: 'I americium without words…Our household has received the heartbreaking quality that my Dad, John Allen Amos, Jr., transitioned connected August 21st,' Shannon posted to her Instagram. 

'We are devastated and near with galore questions astir however this happened 45 days ago, learning astir it done the media similar truthful galore of you.

'This should beryllium a clip of honoring and celebrating his life, yet we are struggling to navigate the question of emotions and uncertainties surrounding his passing. Still, determination is immoderate semblance of bid successful knowing my begetter is yet free.

'My household and I profoundly admit the outpouring of love, calls, and texts. Please proceed to clasp our household successful your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.'

John's son, Kelly Christopher Amos, announced his father's passing connected October 1. The decease was besides confirmed that time by Amos' publicist Belinda Foster. 

'It is with heartfelt sadness that I stock with you that my begetter has transitioned,' Kelly said successful the statement. 

'He was a antheral with the kindest bosom and a bosom of golden … and helium was loved the satellite over. Many fans see him their TV father. He lived a bully life. His bequest volition unrecorded connected successful his outstanding works successful tv and movie arsenic an actor.' 

John welcomed some Shannon and K.C. during his decade-long matrimony to his precocious ex-wife Noel 'Noni' Mickelson, which ended successful 1975. 

A feud has erupted wrong the Amos household arsenic of precocious arsenic John's 2 children publically combat implicit his care. 

She antecedently accused her member of failing to supply their begetter with due attraction arsenic helium grappled with wellness problems.

An probe was launched into alleged neglect and yet closed. TMZ reported that instrumentality enforcement concluded that nary transgression had occurred, oregon astatine slightest determination was a deficiency of grounds to show thing had happened. 

Law enforcement determined the contented each came from a household dispute.

Last twelvemonth Amos besides accused his girl of 'elderly abuse' but aboriginal said helium hoped his household would travel together. 

'It is his sibling, that is my daughter, my archetypal child. I emotion her. K.C. loves his sister. We conscionable have, I guess, what mightiness beryllium champion described successful the tabloids is an acrimonious relationship, but everything heals successful time, and the emotion is inactive there,' helium told People.  

John died connected August 21 in Los Angeles from earthy causes, his lad said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The histrion was champion known for his relation arsenic Kunta Kinte successful the landmark mini bid Roots astir the African-American acquisition of slavery. 

Based connected a real-life ancestor of writer Alex Haley, it tells the communicative of a young antheral taken from Gambia and sold arsenic a slave. 

John scored an Emmy information for his relation successful the ABC-TV bid which was based connected the publication by writer Alex Haley.

The amusement became 1 of America's astir watched amusement successful the precocious 1970s and received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, 9 of which it won. 

Announcing his father's death, John's lad Chris said successful a statement: 'It is with heartfelt sadness that I stock with you that my begetter has transitioned. 

'He was a antheral with the kindest bosom and a bosom of gold… and helium was loved the satellite over. 

'Many fans see him their TV father. He lived a bully life. His bequest volition unrecorded connected successful his outstanding works successful tv and movie arsenic an actor.' 

A notation to Roots deed Coronation Street backmost successful 2016 aft Ofcom launched an probe into an occurrence aft the soap was accused of racism for a remark a quality made astir her hair.

The occurrence saw Eva Price, played by Catherine Tyldesley, sojourn Audrey's hairsbreadth salon, wherever she remarked: 'I person much roots than Kunta Kinte.

'No thought who that is, by the way, conscionable thing my mum utilized to say.' 

Aside from Roots, Amos famously portrayed patriarch James Evans successful the archetypal 3 seasons of CBS' groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, which aired for a full six seasons betwixt 1974-1979.

He besides played Gordy the weatherman connected The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Kunta Kinte successful the melodramatic miniseries Roots, which earned him an Emmy nomination. 

Amos went connected to diagnostic successful implicit 200 TV shows and films, including The West Wing, Coming to America and Me Time. 

The histrion infamously near Good Times aft 3 seasons implicit disagreements with the writing, which helium felt leaned into stereotypes of African Americans.

Amos erstwhile said: 'I wasn’t the astir diplomatic feline successful those days, and the show’s producers got bushed of having their lives threatened implicit jokes. 

'So they said, "Tell you what, wherefore don’t we termination him off? We tin get connected with our lives!" That taught maine a acquisition — I wasn’t arsenic important arsenic I thought I was to the amusement oregon to Norman Lear’s plans.'