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Posted May 4, 2019 -  No Comment

R.I.P. – Peter Mayhew, aka Chewbacca, dies at 74

The London-born actor played Chewbacca, the greatest of all Wookiees and co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon on ‘Star Wars.’

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