LeVar Burton's turning 2022 into the Year of LeVar Burton. He kicked off the New Year as the Rose Parade's Grand Marshal, but that celebratory occasion was only the beginning.
He still has three momentous milestones to celebrate this year, involving two iconic shows that etched his name in Hollywood lore and, perhaps most importantly, his loving wife.The 64-year-old actor, host and director sat down with ET's Kevin Frazier and they discussed the upcoming 45th anniversary of the first episode of the miniseries,, the 35th anniversary of and his 30th wedding anniversary.Burton, who also guest-hosted last summer, traveled down memory lane while reminiscing about premiering on Jan.
23, 1977. Burton said he remembers watching episode one in Los Angeles before joining his family in Sacramento, California, for episode two.
He recalls being recognized in a supermarket the morning before episode three was set to air.LeVar Burton in 'Roots.'Sunday marks the 45th anniversary since the Emmy and Peabody award-winning miniseries hit the air, and Burton looked back on the show's significance decades after playing Kunta Kinte, a character in Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by the show's same name.
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