RIP Kenny Baker … AKA R2D2
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Before robots started getting cast as robots, Kenny Baker was the man inside the R2D2 costume. Baker lived to be 81, after being told as a child he would not live very long at all because it was so much harder to be a little person in those times. We’ll never forget that famous quote “bleep bloop bleep…bleep blop”
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So sorry to hear about this. It was lovely working with Kenny. Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81 https://t.co/9HW6f3MWZl
— Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) August 13, 2016
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