He was awesome for 3 things:
1. He won 2 Tony Awards in 1975 for stage direction and costume design for The Wiz, the first time an African-American had been nominated in either category.
2. He played Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die.
3. But most of all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQbRexL5OM
Never had it. Never will.