ICONIC actor John Amos, known for the 1970s sitcom Good Times, died recently aged 84. During his successful life , the Coming To America star was married twice, first to camera-shy Noel J. Mickelson - here's what we know about her.
Meet Noel J. Mickelson Mickelson was born in Iowa and grew up to be a carpenter and equestrian. Her daughter Shannon shared on Instagram that she was of "Danish & Ashkenazi Jewish" descent.
She and John met while attending college at Colorado State University when she was majoring in fine arts, which Shannon says was "love at first sight". As a child I didn’t know my parents were different colors. I only saw them as my parents - the two people who loved me.
All I knew was their love John and Noel's marriage and divorce The lovebirds married in 1965 - two years before the Supreme Court's landmark decision which rules against laws banning interracial marriage. Their daughter Shannon spoke of their interracial marriage on social media, calling it "a tumultuous time in the world around them". She said: "I was born a year before my parents would be recognized as a legal couple in 16 states.
"As a child I didn’t know my parents were different colors. I only saw them as my parents - the two people who loved me. All I knew was their love.
" Most read in Celebrity After they graduated, the couple moved to Amos' home-place of New Jersey and began working as social workers. Noel reportedly encouraged John's dream of being a pro football player. The actor t.
