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nolabear

(41,960 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:42 PM Oct 2014

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Geoffrey Holder has died, and I am very sad.

Most people knew him as the man on the "Un-Cola" ads for 7-Up in the 70s. Or as Baron Samedi in "Live and Let Die," but he was an extraordinary dancer, choreographer and painter. He choreographed the broadway version of "The Wiz," for which he won a Tony.

And Sweet Jesus, that voice. That voice. But here he is in his young, beautiful dancer days.

Cross easy. The world is far more empty without you.

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Geoffrey Holder has died, and I am very sad. (Original Post) nolabear Oct 2014 OP

Rest in peace shenmue Oct 2014 #1

Rest in Peace. Loved him! LoisB Oct 2014 #2

Never knew him, never will nt. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #3

DUzy! KamaAina Oct 2014 #6

a truly beautiful man CBGLuthier Oct 2014 #4

heres one of his commercials notadmblnd Oct 2014 #5

Ah, Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #7

What a beautiful voice! ellie Oct 2014 #20

Oh nooooo.... theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #8

Baron Samedi. One of my favorite "villains." nolabear Oct 2014 #9

Loved that character! RIP Mr. Holder. n/t bluesbassman Oct 2014 #10

ohhh.... :( BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #11

I was recently thinking about him and the 7-up ads for some odd reason. Owl Oct 2014 #12

I loved his voice! City Lights Oct 2014 #13

There's only one other voice like his... ReRe Oct 2014 #14

Punjab :( TBF Oct 2014 #15

The Man with the "Cola Nuts" vankuria Oct 2014 #16

R.I.P. Rex Oct 2014 #17

some people in our lives, they only bring joy Skittles Oct 2014 #18

Perfect. n/t Tansy_Gold Oct 2014 #23

Here is a link whistler162 Oct 2014 #19

What a shame. FlatStanley Oct 2014 #21

Boomerang bpj62 Oct 2014 #22

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

1. Rest in peace

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:44 PM

Oct 2014

LoisB

(7,203 posts)

2. Rest in Peace. Loved him!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:55 PM

Oct 2014

Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts)

3. Never knew him, never will nt.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:57 PM

Oct 2014

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

6. DUzy!

Reply to Dreamer Tatum (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:14 PM

Oct 2014

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

4. a truly beautiful man

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:09 PM

Oct 2014

Also great as Baron Samedi in the film Live and Let Die and the apothecary in Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Sex * but were afraid to ask.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

5. heres one of his commercials

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:11 PM

Oct 2014

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

7. Ah,

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:30 PM

Oct 2014

I remember those in-cola ads. They were marvelous!!!!

ellie

(6,929 posts)

20. What a beautiful voice!

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:38 PM

Oct 2014

I remember those commercials. RIP Mr. Holder.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)

8. Oh nooooo....

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:32 PM

Oct 2014

Another amazing talent lost.

nolabear

(41,960 posts)

9. Baron Samedi. One of my favorite "villains."

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:39 PM

Oct 2014

Actually Baron Samedi is a favorite voodoo lua, also known as Papa Legba. He's the head honcho in the spirit world. Holder was fond of him, and played him more than once. This was a delight!

bluesbassman

(19,372 posts)

10. Loved that character! RIP Mr. Holder. n/t

Reply to nolabear (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:44 PM

Oct 2014

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

11. ohhh.... :(

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:46 PM

Oct 2014

Safe travels.....

He was so cool.

Owl

(3,641 posts)

12. I was recently thinking about him and the 7-up ads for some odd reason.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:48 PM

Oct 2014

His voice and presence was unforgettable!

Rest in peace.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

13. I loved his voice!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:53 PM

Oct 2014

RIP, Mr. Holder.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

14. There's only one other voice like his...

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:55 PM

Oct 2014

James Earl Jones. What a tremendous voice. RIP Geoffrey. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world. It will never forget you.

TBF

(32,056 posts)

15. Punjab :(

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:58 PM

Oct 2014

He played Mr. Warbucks's bodyguard Punjab in the '82 production of Annie

vankuria

(904 posts)

16. The Man with the "Cola Nuts"

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:00 PM

Oct 2014

I loved that commercial!

Rex

(65,616 posts)

17. R.I.P.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:00 PM

Oct 2014

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

18. some people in our lives, they only bring joy

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:21 PM

Oct 2014

yes indeed

Tansy_Gold

(17,857 posts)

23. Perfect. n/t

Reply to Skittles (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:10 PM

Oct 2014

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

19. Here is a link

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:25 PM

Oct 2014

http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/geoffrey-holder-director-and-actor-dies-at-84/ar-BB7ScR2

FlatStanley

(327 posts)

21. What a shame.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:46 PM

Oct 2014

And I never knew he choriographed The Wiz and won a Tony. Very cool.

bpj62

(999 posts)

22. Boomerang

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 06:00 PM

Oct 2014

He had a funny role in the movie Boomerang as well. I always loved his 7up commercials. The scene at the end of Live and let Die with him on the front of the train was cool. He also did Starburst commercials as well.

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