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08-13-2016, 10:37 PM
Star Wars actor behind R2-D2, Kenny Baker, dead at 83
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Kenny Baker, the original actor behind the iconic R2-D2 (http://mashable.com/category/r2-d2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) character in Star Wars has died at the age of 83.*
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Standing 3-feet 8-inches tall, the British actor is mostly unk**wn to casual movie fans, but hardcore Star Wars fans are very familiar with Baker's work.*
In addition to playing the droid in the first three Star Wars films in the '70s and '80s, Baker worked on the prequels that relaunched the franchise between 1999 to 2005.*
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Kenny Baker with R2-D2 in London in 2010.
Image: Rex Features via AP Images
"He was very ill for the last few years, so we had been expecting it," Baker's niece, Abigail Shield, told (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars) the Guardian. "He had been looked after by one of his nephews, who found him on Saturday morning." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dead-83/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Kenny Baker, the original actor behind the iconic R2-D2 (http://mashable.com/category/r2-d2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) character in Star Wars has died at the age of 83.*
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Standing 3-feet 8-inches tall, the British actor is mostly unk**wn to casual movie fans, but hardcore Star Wars fans are very familiar with Baker's work.*
In addition to playing the droid in the first three Star Wars films in the '70s and '80s, Baker worked on the prequels that relaunched the franchise between 1999 to 2005.*
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Kenny Baker with R2-D2 in London in 2010.
Image: Rex Features via AP Images
"He was very ill for the last few years, so we had been expecting it," Baker's niece, Abigail Shield, told (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars) the Guardian. "He had been looked after by one of his nephews, who found him on Saturday morning." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dead-83/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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