Background
Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks.
Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks.
The younger Parks followed in his father"s footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit Shaft (1971). Parks was killed with three others when their small airplane crashed after takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya, where they had gone to make a film. He was aged 44.