Actor David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the first Star Wars trilogy, died of complications from Covid-19, his daughter has told UK newspapers.
Prowse died Saturday at the age of 85, though a cause of death was not specified by his manager at that time.In an interview with UK’s The Sun, Prowse daughter Rachel confirmed that her father, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, had been hospitalized for the last two weeks with Covid.
Confirming the cause of death, Rachel Prowse said, “It’s horrible that Covid restrictions meant we did not get to see him and say goodbye.
But when we went to collect his stuff from the hospital the nurse said what a cool guy he was. He was such a larger-than-life character.
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