'Star Wars' actor Andrew Jack dead at 76 from coronavirus


By AGENCY

Andrew Jack appeared in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' as General Ematt, as well as 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.

Star Wars actor Andrew Jack has died in Britain as a result of the coronavirus, his agent said on Wednesday. He was 76.

The actor, who also worked as a dialect coach, died in a hospital in Surrey on Tuesday, Jack’s agent Jill McCullough said in a statement. "Andrew lived on one of the oldest working houseboats on the Thames, he was fiercely independent but madly in love with his wife, also a dialect coach, ” McCullough said.

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