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| The actor Bob Hoskins has died aged 71. His agent said that he died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, suffering from pneumonia. He retired in 2012 following a diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in the autumn of 2011. | The actor Bob Hoskins has died aged 71. His agent said that he died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, suffering from pneumonia. He retired in 2012 following a diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in the autumn of 2011. |
| One of Britain's best-loved actors, Hoskins was known for his gruff bonhomie, and career that spanned more than 30 years. He first found fame on the small screen in Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, and then in cinemas as a London gangster-turned-businessman in The Long Good Friday (1980). | One of Britain's best-loved actors, Hoskins was known for his gruff bonhomie, and career that spanned more than 30 years. He first found fame on the small screen in Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, and then in cinemas as a London gangster-turned-businessman in The Long Good Friday (1980). |
| Hoskins had leading roles in Brazil (1985), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Mermaids (1990) and Super Mario Bros (1993) – which he described in a 2007 Guardian interview as "the worst thing I ever did". | Hoskins had leading roles in Brazil (1985), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Mermaids (1990) and Super Mario Bros (1993) – which he described in a 2007 Guardian interview as "the worst thing I ever did". |
| Many will also remember him fondly for a series of adverts shot in the late 80s and early 90s for BT with his catchphrase, "It's good to talk". He teamed up with Shane Meadows for Twenty Four Seven (1997) and A Room for Romeo Brass (2000), and winning much acclaim for his role in Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey (1999). | Many will also remember him fondly for a series of adverts shot in the late 80s and early 90s for BT with his catchphrase, "It's good to talk". He teamed up with Shane Meadows for Twenty Four Seven (1997) and A Room for Romeo Brass (2000), and winning much acclaim for his role in Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey (1999). |
| Speaking to the Guardian, Meadows said: | |
| "Bob Hoskins is the most generous actor I have worked with. He not only took a huge chance on me when he agreed to star in my first feature film, he taught me so much about the business, how to survive it and how to stay true to yourself. When we travelled to New York together back in the late 90's to promote Twenty Four Seven, the film company had put Bob in first class and me in with the chickens. Bob refused to go unless they upgraded me to first or downgraded him to economy. They upgraded me thank goodness but knowing he would have forgone the champers and flambé steak to sit in twerp class with me says it all really; he was a true gentleman." | |
| In 2005 he starred alongside Judi Dench in Stephen Frears's Mrs Henderson Presents. Dench told the Guardian: "I'm so very sorry to hear this news, and am thinking of his family at this sad time." | |
| Hugely sad. Can't think of many actors who explored masculinity with such tenderness. | Hugely sad. Can't think of many actors who explored masculinity with such tenderness. |
| Bob Hoskins -goodbye lovely man and a huge thankyou! | Bob Hoskins -goodbye lovely man and a huge thankyou! |
| The actor Kate Hardie, who worked with Hoskins on Mona Lisa, took to Twitter to pay her respects. | |
| Most recently, Hoskins was seen in Made in Dagenham, Snow White and the Huntsman and Outside Bet. | |
| I never thought it was possible to become an actor until I saw Pennies From Heaven as a kid. RIP Bob Hoskins, brilliant,inspirational, kind. | I never thought it was possible to become an actor until I saw Pennies From Heaven as a kid. RIP Bob Hoskins, brilliant,inspirational, kind. |
| Eddie Marsan, who starred along side Hoskins in that film, also took to Twitter. | |
| On the set of that film, about the Wapping newspaper dispute in the mid-80s, Hoskins told the Guardian why he kept on working: "There's always someone who rings up and says: 'Now Bob, before you go, there's a cracking little swansong for you'." | |
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