DAVE PROWSE – COMPLICATIONS DUE TO COVID-19

Fans from around the globe responded with shock and grief with the death of Star Wars’ Darth Vader. It was reported that Prowse suffered from Alzheimer’s and has been hospitalized for weeks. He died in November 2020 due to complications of COVID-19. Prowse was a three-time British weightlifting champion born in Bristol, southwest England and represented England in weightlifting at the 1962 Commonwealth Games before breaking into films with roles including Frankenstein’s monster in a pair of horror films from Hammer Studios.

His career as an actor spanned for 50 years but his height of almost two meters (6.5 feet) won the role of Luke Skywalker’s father in the original Star Wars trilogy. While gaining a degree of anonymity with his shiny black armor and cloak, his heavy western English accent was so obvious that the filmmakers turned to James Earl Jones for the voice that would arise from behind the mask.