Actor David Warner, ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘The Omen’, dies aged 80

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David Warner, actor. Born: 29 July 1941 in Manchester. Died: 24 July 2022 in London, aged 80Cinema offered escape for David Warner when he was a child.

Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols, who starred in the original series as Lieutenant Uhura, has died at the age of 89, her son Kyle Johnson has announced.Taking to her official Instagram account, he told her 33,400 followers that his mum passed away on Sunday 31 July as he wrote: "Friends, Fans, Colleagues, World "I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years. Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. "Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration." He continued: "Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.

Facebook. Nichols had a stroke in 2015 and her son said she died on Saturday, July 30, as she “succumbed to natural causes”. “I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,” he wrote on Instagram.

Facebook on Sunday (July 31). He said it was with regret that he told fans: "Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration.

“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away,” Johnson’s statement read. “Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration. Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.”“Today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend,” Nichols’ co-star George Takei tweeted.

Nichelle Nichols, who broke down barriers with her portrayal of translator and communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series and later in its film franchise, died Saturday night in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.

David Warner was a prolific actor, equally at ease on stage, television or on the silver screen, a star whose wide repertoire ranged from Shakespeare to Doctor Who and to films such as Tron and The Omen. Warner, who has died aged 80, had appeared in more than 200 plays, films and television dramas during a successful career spanning six decades. Born in Manchester in 1941, Warner was the son of Ada Doreen Hattersley and Herbert Simon Warner, the owner of a nursing home.

David Warner, a versatile actor whose career spanned six decades with roles on stage, television and film, has died aged 80. The RADA-trained performer played leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company with his 1965 Hamlet described as “the epitome of 1960s youth”.  The young actor also appeared opposite Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg in the 1968 film of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

BBC, the actor’s family confirmed that he died at the Denville Hall care community for people in the entertainment industry.  «Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,» the statement read. «He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father, whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years.

Peter Hall; tall, lean, gangling, long-faced, he triumphed first in one of Shakespeare’s least-known roles, Henry VI, which he brought to life in the RSC’s quatercentenary cycle, The Wars of the Roses, and again with a resolutely “contemporary” interpretation of Hamlet. But within a decade of those early glories, which he achieved in his early twenties, Warner was drawn increasingly to the cinema – not that he took it as seriously as he had the classical stage, but as he said, when living in Los Angeles years later, “I am a letterbox actor.

Mary Poppins Returns and the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes but he also had memorable parts in Star Trek – where he played three different characters over the years – as well as in David Lynch’s 1991 cult favourite television show Twin Peaks. He was also nominated for an Emmy for his role in the 1978 television miniseries Holocaust, won an Emmy for his role in the 1981 ABC show Masada, about the siege of the Masada citadel in Israel, and was nominated for a BAFTA for one of his first ever film roles in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment in 1966. Like many actors of his generation, he spent years in the theatre before moving to cinema and television, but his career also spanned radio, audio dramas and video games.

David Warner, who starred in films including Titanic and Tron, has died at the age of 80.

David Warner, known for his roles in the "Titanic" and "The Omen," has died at 80. Warner died Sunday from "a cancer-related illness," the BBC first reported.  "Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity," his family told the outlet in a statement.

David Warner, the Emmy award-winning actor who starred in Titanic and The Omen has passed away at the age of 80 of a cancer-related illness.

David Warner, the British actor best known for his screen work in “Titanic,” “Tron” and “The Omen,” has died. He was 80 years old.