Darth Vader actor David Prowse dies aged 85

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor David Prowse, who portrayed Darth Vader, signs autographs during the opening day of "Star Wars Celebration IV" in Los Angeles May 24, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - David Prowse, the English actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has died aged 85, his management company said on Sunday.

 

"It's with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and million of fans around the world, to announce that Dave Prowse MBE has passed away at the age of 85," Bowington Management said in a statement on Twitter.

 

The champion weightlifter-turned-actor starred as the body, but not the voice, of one of cinema's best-known villains.

 

Actor David Prowse who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy has died aged 85. Edward Baran reports.

 

Director George Lucas opted to dub another voice onto Prowse's portrayal of the towering, masked antagonist Darth Vader in "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi".

 

Prowse was honoured by Queen Elizabeth in 2000 for services to charity and road safety after starring in a long running public campaign as a character called the Green Cross Code Man who encouraged pedestrian road safety.

 

(Reporting by William James; Editing by Edmund Blair)

 

 

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May the Good Force Be With You. Thanks for terror you caused me back in 78. RIP

Looks like covid got the Dark Lord ????

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13332754/darth-vader-actor-dave-prowse-died-of-covid/

 

Don't forget he was also the Green Cross Man although, as in Star Wars his Bristol accent was over-dubbed.

 

 

Is this so terrifying?