Tributes are being paid to actor Yaphet Kotto, the actor best known for his turn as a James Bond villain in Live And Let Die, who has died aged 81. Kotto was the Bond franchise's first black antagonist, playing Dr Kananga and his alter-ego Mr Big in the 1973 film opposite the late Sir Roger Moore as 007.
News of the American actor's death was announced by his wife of 24 years, Tessie Sinahon, on Facebook. She said her husband died on Monday in the Philippines. "You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you're a real hero and to a lot of people also," she wrote in her tribute. "A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find. . . "I'm gonna miss you everyday, my best friend, my rock.
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