Yaphet Kotto, best known for playing villain Kananga/Mr. Big in the 1973 James Bond movie Live and Let Die, has died at age 81.
Director Edgar Wright tweeted, “RIP Yaphet Kotto, a brilliant magnetic presence, bringing gravitas and naturalism to deep space or underground Bond lair.
So memorable as Parker in Alien, Kananga (Mr. Big) in Live and Let Die, Smokey James in Blue Collar or in the simmering funny rage of Midnight Run’s Alonzo Mosely.”
“A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find.”