On Monday, January 3, 2011 at 4:26:50 AM UTC-8, Charlene wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/03/actor-pete-postlethwaite-dies
> Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies
> Oscar nominee dies peacefully in hospital at age of 64 after long
> struggle with cancer
> guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 January 2011 11.25 GMT
> The actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. Friends said
> he passed away peacefully in hospital in Shropshire yesterday having
> suffered from cancer for some time.
> Postlethwaite was once described by the film director Steven Spielberg
> as "probably the best actor in the world today".
> He worked with Spielberg on two films in 1997 – the fantasy adventure
> film The Lost World: Jurrassic Park, and Amistad, about a slave mutiny
> on a ship.
> The craggy-featured actor received an Oscar nomination for his
> performance as Guiseppe Conlon in the 1993 film In The Name Of The
> Father, about the wrongful convictions of the Guildford Four.
> His notable films included the 1996 film Brassed Off, in which he
> played the leader of colliery band in a Yorkshire community devastated
> by mine closures. The film was a favourite of the former deputy prime
> minister John Prescott, and became the inspiration for a coalfield
> regeneration programme.
> Postlethwaite also played the menacing criminal mastermind Kobayashi
> in the 1995 hit film The Usual Suspects.
> In recent years Postlethwaite became known as much for his political
> activism as his acting. He was the front man in the climate change
> film The Age of Stupid, arriving at the 2009 London premiere on a
> bicycle.
> After the film's release he threatened to hand back the OBE he was
> awarded in 2004 in protest at the government's controversial decision
> to give the go-ahead for Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent.
> He also adapted his home to become environmentally responsible,
> installing a wind turbine and other features.
> In 2003 he marched against the war in Iraq and was a vocal supporter
> of the Make Poverty History campaign.
> Born in Warrington, Postlethwaite had originally planned to be a
> priest. He became a teacher but eventually took to the stage,
> beginning his career at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. In 2008 he
> returned to the Everyman to play the lead in King Lear, a role he had
> always wanted to play. The performance was one of the highlights of
> Liverpool's year as the European Capital of Culture.
> He is survived by his wife, Jacqui, his son, Will, and daughter, Lily.
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> wd46

I don't know how I missed this, this one should have been big