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Posted on October 25, 2005August 29, 2009 by Dunc

RIP Porkins

William Hootkins, who played Porkins in A New Hope, passed away on Sunday from pancreatic cancer. (via TFN.)

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One Reply to “RIP Porkins”

  1. Paula says:
    October 26, 2005 at 7:16 am

    What a shame!

    And I didn’t know he had such an impressive academic background, too.

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