Dave Prowse: Darth Vader Actor Dies Aged 85

Dave Prowse agent, Thomas Bowington said, he died after a short illness. According to CNN, Prowse is said to have been receiving treatment for prostate cancer in 2018.

Thomas Bovington chose his Twitter to handle to announce the death of his client. He said, “It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and millions of fans around the world, to announce that our client DAVE PROWSE M.B.E has passed away at the age of 85.”

Thomas Bovington, Speaking to the BBC, expresses his last words for him. He said, “May the force be with him.”

“He added that “though famous for playing many monsters, for myself, and all who know Dave and worked with him, he was a heroin our lives.”

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies, said he was “so sad” to hear the news.

“He was a kind man and much more than Darth Vader,” Hamill said on Twitter. “He loved his fans as much as they loved him.”

Dave Prowse was also famous in his role as the Green Cross Code Man, with students from Lambeth Johanna Primary School in London.

Dave Prowse, the Actor, Husband, Father, Member of the British Empire Order, 3-time British weight lifting champion, and safety Icon the Green Cross Code Man.

He loved his fans so much as they love him. Many of his fans have been sending their good wishes across to his family.

Dave Prowse is birthed by a working-class family, nurtured and bred in Southmayd’s council state in southwestern England. He was one of those that was awarded a scholarship to attend Bristol Grammar School.

Dave Prowse has a thing for bodybuilding, and he won the British weight lifting champion numerous times in 1960. He was associated with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in his weight lifting years, according to the website IMDb.

His overall body shape and big figure make it less tedious for him to secure roles as monsters and villains in films and tv shows. He acts as bearded torture in “Carry on Henry” in 1971 and was featured as a bodyguard in Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian film ” A Clockwork Orange ” in 1971. He also acts as a monster in ” the Horror of Frankstein ” in 1970.

He was unstoppable, as he wants to play as Darth Vader in all three of the original “Star Wars” films in 1977, 1980, and 1983.

Health and fitness is always an interest to David Prowse, He worked as personal trainers for different actors playing roles such as superman, including Christopher Reeve, and he also authored a book titled ‘fun fitness.’

Dave Prowse’s autobiography, titled ‘Straight from the force’s mouth,’ was published in 2011.