Star Wars actor dead at 87 of COVID, pneumonia…
“Star Wars” actor Kenneth Colley has died. He was 87.
Colley, who performed Admiral Piett in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” handed away peacefully on Monday at his UK home in Ashford, Kent, his agent Julian Owen confirmed.
Kenneth Colley in “The Empire Strikes Back.” Lucasfilm
“Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years,” Owen mentioned in a assertion to the BBC.
Kenneth Colley at Star Wars Celebration in Europe 2016. Nils Jorgensen / Shutterstock
Kenneth Colley at Comic Con in the UK in 2017. Geoffrey Swaine / Shutterstock
Owen confirmed that Colley was admitted to hospital with an injured arm after a fall. The actor shortly contracted COVID which developed into pneumonia.
Colley had pals by his facet when he died, Owen mentioned.
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