Die Hard 2 and Roots star John Amos has died at the age of 84 of natural causes.His death was announced by his publicist Belinda Foster in an emotional statement on Tuesday, September 2,

Willis had to campaign hard for the role of John McClane, as explored in the book The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage. As reported by Fox News, after all his work to secure the role,

It is with heartfelt sadness that I share with you that my father has transitioned,’ Amos’s son said in a statement

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's youngest daughter, Tallulah Willis, shared photos of her and her father on Instagram, "From the forever archives."

The funniest of the tributes to Bruce Willis and his renowned action hero, though, arrived during Reginald VelJohnson’s confessional before the routine. While expressing his love and admiration for Willis, VelJohnson humorously dropped a famously F-bomb-laced line to address those who assumed he’d be eliminated in Week 2:

Yippee-Ki-Yay! Reginald VelJohnson metaphorically (and literally, they put a car on the ballroom floor) returned to Sergeant Al Powell's squad car on Tuesday night's Oscars-themed episode of Dancing With the Stars.