Black Entertainment : R. I. P. YAPHET KOTTO

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Yaphet Kotto, Bond Villain and ‘Alien’ Star, Dies at 81

Well known for playing hardened personalities, he was also seen in movies like “Midnight Run” and the TV show “Homicide: Life on the Street.”



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Yaphet Kotto with Sigourney Weaver in the 1979 film “Alien,” in which he played a member of a spaceship crew doing battle with an extraterrestrial creature.

Yaphet Kotto with Sigourney Weaver in the 1979 film “Alien,” in which he played a member of a spaceship crew doing battle with an extraterrestrial creature. Credit...20th Century Fox, via Associated Press


  • March 16, 2021Updated 6:19 p.m. ET
Yaphet Kotto, a versatile actor whose many roles included the wisecracking engineer in the hit science-fiction film “Alien,” the villainous adversary in the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” and a police lieutenant on the long-running television series “Homicide: Life on the Street,” died on Monday near Manila. He was 81.
His agent, Ryan Goldhar, confirmed the death but said he did not know the cause. Mr. Kotto had lived in the Philippines for some years.
Mr. Kotto worked mostly in the theater for the first decade or so of his career. His bodily size made him a dominating figure in any sort of role, though it tended to bring him parts as a heavy.





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Yaphet Kotto ... rest in peace Beloved ... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

I have loved this man since first seeing him on Big Valley.

He is in the opening post of our Celebrating Dark Black People thread.



Yaphet Kotto - Big Valley - The Iron Box





Yaphet Kotto - Big Valley - Buffalo Man





Yes, rest in peace Beloved.

:heart:

Destee
 

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