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Al Matthews, best known for playing Sergeant Apone in extraterrestrials (1986) died at age 75.
El Pais reports that the actor was found dead at his home in Orihuela Costa, in the Spanish Mediterranean province of Alicante, Sunday, after a neighbor called the emergency services.
Born in Brooklyn in 1942, Matthews served as a navy in the Vietnam War. His website states: "I own thirteen awards and combat decorations, including two purple hearts.I was the first Black Marine of the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam to be promoted to the rank of sergeant".
Parallel to his role in extraterrestrials, Matthews also played the fire chief in Superman III (1983), a worker in Omen III: the final conflict (1981) and General Tudor in The fifth Element (1997). He returned to the role of Sgt Apone nearly 30 years later, when he expressed the character in the video game Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013).
He also had a solid career in the UK, where he appeared on Grange Hill as the father of Benny Green and had his song "Fool" reach number 16 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart in 1975. He retired to Spain in 2005, although his last film was this year The price of death, which is currently in post-production.
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