Actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64 - Democratic Underground

bpcmxr

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Mon Jan-03-11 08:19 AM
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Actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64

Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, a spokesman has announced.

Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said Postlethwaite, who was made an OBE in 2004, died peacefully in hospital in Shropshire after a lengthy illness.

In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar for In The Name of the Father.

Actor Bill Nighy, who performed with Postlethwaite at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre in the 1970s, paid tribute to "a rare and remarkable man". "I was honoured by his friendship - he is irreplaceable," Nighy added.

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Iggo

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Mon Jan-03-11 08:27 AM
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1. This guy.

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Iggo

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Mon Jan-03-11 08:28 AM
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2. RIP Pete.

You were one of a kind.

:applause:

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Frank Cannon

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Mon Jan-03-11 08:29 AM
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3. One of those great actors that either was never in a bad movie...

or he made any movie better just by being in it.

"The truth is, I thought it mattered - I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter." -

RIP, Mr. Postlethwaite. I'll have to start my day listening to Tubthumping in your honor.

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jobycom

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Mon Jan-03-11 02:29 PM
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8. Well said. Definitely one to be missed. RIP. nt

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siligut

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Mon Jan-03-11 01:42 PM
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4. I watched him in The Town not too long ago

He is one of my favorite actors, this is upsetting. Not only was he too young to die, but he was an amazing actor and from what I have read, a wonderful person too.

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CrownPrinceBandar

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Mon Jan-03-11 01:51 PM
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5. Awww poop!..............

RIP Pete.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Jan-03-11 01:55 PM
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6. Safe passage to you, Pete...

My condolences to all who love you...

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thirtiesgirl

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Mon Jan-03-11 02:15 PM
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7. NO!!

This sucks big time! I just saw him last year in The Town, absolutely believable as an Irish mobster who runs a flower shop as a front. RIP Pete. I love ya.

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ceile

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Mon Jan-03-11 02:50 PM
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9. Oh that's too bad.

Wonderful actor...

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WilliamPitt

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Mon Jan-03-11 02:52 PM
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10. Mr. Kobayashi. The Florist.

Damn. :(

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Bertha Venation

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Mon Jan-03-11 04:38 PM
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11. oh, my god -- so young

RIP Pete

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