Wright s role as a Jamaican crab and adviser to King Triton in the much-loved 1989 Disney film marked the high point of his lengthy career in cinema, television and theater.
Samuel E. Wright, a Camden, South Carolina, native turned actor on stage and screen, has died. The 74-year-old from the Midlands, who might be best know for his role as Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 Disney hit "The Little Mermaid," died on Sunday in Montgomery, New York. His daughter Dee said Wright died at home after a three-year battle with prostate cancer, according to The Hollywood .
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born
Beverly Sainte-Marie, c. February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, Oscar-winning composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She has won recognition, awards and honours for her music as well as her work in education and social activism.
In 1983, Buffy Sainte-Marie became the first indigenous person to win an Oscar. Her song Up Where We Belong , co-written for the film