John Amos’ cause of death was revealed a day after his death at 84, as reported by TMZ. According to a death certificate obtained by People on Wednesday, October 2, the late actor died of congestive heart failure on August 21 at 5:18 p.

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.

Immediately following Good Times, there was no shortage of work for John Amos. In 1977, he was cast as the older Kunta Kinte in the groundbreaking miniseries Roots (and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series).