The British actor, Prowse who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 85 on Saturday, according to an announcement by his agent Sunday Nov. 29, 2020.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, FILE)LONDON ā Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original āStar Warsā trilogy, has died.
Prowse died Saturday after a short illness, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday.
Prowse donned Darth Vader's black armor and helmet for āStar Warsā (1977), āThe Empire Strikes Backā (1980) and āReturn of the Jedi" (1983).
He was a regular at āStar Warsā fan events but was banned from official conventions by Lucas in 2010 after the pair fell out.