Live and Let Die Villain Dead at 84

[Liberal_in_LA]

Geoffrey Holder, a multi-talented dancer, artist, director, actor, and composer best known for his role as a Bond villain, died in New York yesterday of complications from pneumonia, the New York Times reports. He was 84. An unmistakable presence, Holder stood 6'6" and possessed a booming voice with a Caribbean lilt that seduced American audiences in the 1970s. Holder admitted that his greatest claim to fame was on TV ads for 7Up (it's "absolutely maaarvelous," he'd say), but his role as Baron Samedi in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973) remains widely known. He also played Willie Shakespeare in the first Doctor Dolittle (1967) and the "mystical Punjab" in Annie (1982), People reports.

http://www.newser.com/story/196887/live-and-let-die-villain-dead-at-84.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_entertainment

[NaturalHigh]

1. That was probably my favorite Bond film.

Rest in peace Baron.

[Initech]

6. Definitely the best theme song of any Bond movie so far!

[NaturalHigh]

7. No doubt about it.

I enjoyed the Guns n' Roses remake too, but the Paul McCartney version is still the best.

[liberal N proud]

2. That and The Uncola man

RIP

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. oh...that's right! I forgot about that role. probably most of my exposure to him

[Omaha Steve]

4. I saw "Live and Let Die" with my mom in this theater

Nowadays it is a children's live theater: http://www.rosetheater.org/

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. cool building