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Los Angeles / London (AP) - The British actor Jeremy Bulloch, who embodied the "Star Wars" character Boba Fett, is dead. He fell asleep peacefully on Thursday, according to a message on his website.
Accordingly, the actor suffered from Parkinson's for many years.
His family was there on their deathbed in a London hospital.
The father of three was 75 years old.
His management confirmed the actor's death to the film magazine "Variety".
It was said that he had had a long and happy career over 45 years.
Actor Daniel Logan (33), who played the young Boba Fett in "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" (2002), mourned his colleague.
"I'll never forget what you taught me," he wrote on Instagram for a photo together.
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Bulloch played the taciturn loner and bounty hunter for the first time in 1980 in “The Empire Strikes Back” and again in “The Return of the Jedi” (1983).
In "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" (2005) he had a small role as Captain Colton.
The Briton also appeared in James Bond films, including “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Octopussy”, as well as in TV series such as “Doctor Who” and “Robin Hood”.
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