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Over Like Rover
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Pete Postlethwaite, the Oscar-nominated actor, has died, a spokesman said on Monday. He was 64. He died in hospital in Shropshire on Sunday after suffering from cancer. Skip related content
"He had been unwell off and on for around two years and not worked as frequently as normal during the past year because of the cancer and its side effects," the spokesman said. Postlethwaite had been described by director Steven Spielberg as "probably the best actor in the world today." The two worked together on the movies "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Amistad." He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "In the Name of the Father," the 1993 film about the wrongful convictions of the so-called Guildford Four for an Irish Republican Army bombing. Other notable film credits included "Brassed Off," "The Usual Suspects" and "Inception," while on stage he played the lead in "King Lear" in 2008 at Liverpool's Everyman theatre where he began his career. Postlethwaite was well known for his political activism, appearing as front man in the climate change film "The Age of Stupid" and arriving at the 2009 London premiere on a bicycle. Actor Bill Nighy, who performed with Postlethwaite at the Everyman in the 1970s, paid tribute to "a rare and remarkable man. I was honoured by his friendship -- he is irreplaceable," Nighy was quoted as saying by the BBC. One friend, who asked not to be named, paid tribute to "a man of enormous dignity and integrity. "He was self-deprecating, enormously funny and had little time for fame or celebrity. The biggest love of his life was not acting, it was his family." Postlethwaite is survived by his wife Jacqui and two children Will, 21, and daughter Lily, 14 ugh read this when I woke up, gutted, amazing actor. Fuck 2011 already. signature [sig-nuh-cher, -choor]
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Baird
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Damn shame, I've always liked him.
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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Not gonna pretend to be a fan or anything, but he was alright in the few films I saw him in. R.I.P.
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Triple A
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Great actor, RIP
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Rest In Pete Pete Postlethwaite
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Angel Headed Hipster
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Saddle up, let's get this moveable feast underway
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#7 |
Get a poke on
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This is a game trail, Mr. Ludlow. Carnivores hunt on game trails. Now do you want to set up base camp or a buffet?
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Get a poke on
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Remember that chap about twenty years ago? I forget his name. Climbed Everest without any oxygen, came down nearly dead. When they asked him, they said why did you go up there to die? He said I didn't, I went up there to live.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Gutted. Been a fan of the guy since I saw him in something that I don't recall back when I was in school.
RIP. |
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Out Of Step
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Just watched him in Romeo + Juliet, forget how much stuff he was in actually in
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Over Like Rover
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Yeah, seriously, first thing I ever saw him in was When Saturday Comes when I was about 12 and that was a Sean Bean film about Sheffield United so being 12, I assumed he was some old bloke that wasn't really anything but then he kept popping up in all these big films from before and after that and it turned out he was the shit. I read he had testicular cancer in the early 90's just a few weeks ago but had no idea he was still ill, ridiculous
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▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒
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Flame on, Motherfokkas!
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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One of these actors that you see in a million movies but still have no idea what his name is.
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Feeling Oof-y
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I'd guess a lot of non-British people would see him like that. And maybe a lot of Brits too, I don't know.
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It's a shame he never had bigger roles with the acting ability he had RIP.
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Sisukas Mies
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I'll always remember him for his role as the evil Sergeant in Sharpe.
Great actor, shame he is dead. |
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I remember seeing him walking through the city centre in Liverpool about 2 years ago.
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The Mr. Hanky of TPWW
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R.I.P.
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Snow Mexican
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RIP. First time I remember seeing him was the Lost World where he played the hunter.
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