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Actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the Star wars movies, is dead.
Mayhew's family said in a statement Thursday that he had died Tuesday at his home in Texas. He was 74 years old. No cause has been given.
The 7 foot 3 year old Mayhew played Chewbacca, the imposing shaggy, his sidekick to Han Solo and the co-driver of the Millennium Falcon, in the original Star wars trilogy.
He appeared in 2005 The revenge of the Sith"And shared the game in 2015 the force awakens with the actor Joonas Suotamo, who then took over the role.
Born and raised in England, Mayhew had appeared in one film and worked as a paramedic in London when George Lucas found him and threw him in 1977. Star wars. – AP
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