Monday, October 6, 2014

Geoffrey Holder, director and actor, dies at 84

FILE - In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise' "La Nuit des Etoiles" dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die," died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File) NEW YORK (AP) — A Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7UP on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die," has died. Geoffrey Holder was 84.








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