Yaphet Kotto, the actor who played a villain in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die & a technician in Alien, is no more. Read on to know more about his demise.
A descendent of Cameroonian royalty, Kotto was best known for his infuriated FBI agent in “Midnight Run," the James Bond villain Mr. Big in “Live and Let Die” and the technician Dennis Parker in 1979′s “Alien.”
Yaphet Kotto of Live and Let Die, Alien, dies at 81
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
March 16, 2021
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FILE - Actor Yaphet Kotto appears on his wedding day in Baltimore, Md. on July 12, 1998. Kotto, the commanding actor of the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and as Lt. Al Giardello on the 90 s NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday, March 15, 2021 at age 81. Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, announced his death Monday in a Facebook post. She said he died Monday in the Philippines. Kotto s agent, Ryan Goldhar, confirmed Kotto s death.John Gillis/AP
NEW YORK (AP) Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” and “Alien, has died. He was 81.