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Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82

www.bbc.com·Tabby Wilson·22 days ago
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Getty Images Stage and screen actor Michael Pennington has died at the age of 82, his representatives have confirmed. Best known as Death Star Commander Moff Jerjerrod in Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the actor was an accomplished Shakespearean and is listed as an Honorary Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also co-founded the English Shakespeare Company alongside theatre director Michael Bogdanov. Actress Miriam Margolyes led tributes to Pennington, describing him as a "very fine actor, brilliant, wise, clear." She said he was "an old friend, from Cambridge [University] days", adding: "I am sad beyond measure. Bless your dear memory , old chum." Born Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington on June 7, 1943, in Cambridge, England, the actor's on-screen career began in 1965 with a supporting part in the BBC mini-series, The War of the Roses.…

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