British actor Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia. He was 71.
Though he had more than 100 film credits to his name going back to the early-’70s, Pink Floyd fans might know him best as the manager to Bob Geldof‘s character Pink in 1982’s “Pink Floyd The Wall.”
Hoskins had retired from acting in 2012 after learning he had Parkinson’s disease.
May he rest in peace, he was a consummate “actor’s actor” with a lot of great performances to his name! I was introduced to him as a kid through his role as Eddie Valiant in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. It speaks volumes that was he was able to take a very brief role with little dialogue like Pink’s manager in The Wall movie and make it memorable and entertaining. We’ll miss ya Bob.
Great performance in The Wall.
shine on in the great gig in the sky bob