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JoeyC

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'Predator' actor Sonny Landham dies at 76



Full article here. Taken from LA Times.


http://www.latimes.com/en...story.html



I had been wondering how Sonny had been doing. I hadn't heard anything about him in a while. I didn't know he was older than both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.


Mr Landham had charisma. And he will be missed. rose



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Was totally unaware that dude did some porn.



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Sonny Landham as Billy Sole in "Predator" (1987). (20th Century Fox)

Actor Sonny Landham, best known for his roles in the 1980s action movies "Predator," "48 Hrs." and "Lock Up," died Thursday from congestive heart failure in Lexington, Ky. He was 76.


Landham's sister Dawn Boehler confirmed his passing to the Associated Press.


Born in Canton, Ga., the 6-foot-4 actor and stuntman got his start in Hollywood in X-rated films before landing a small role in Walter Hill's 1979 street gang cult classic "The Warriors."



Hill cast him again two years later in "Southern Comfort," then gave him a meatier role in his 1982 action comedy "48 Hrs." Landham, who was part-Cherokee and part-Seminole, played Billy Bear, one of two outlaws on the run from a San Francisco detective and his reluctant convict accomplice, played respectively by Nick Nolte and "accomplice" Eddie Murphy.

Landham subsequently appeared in action films such as "Firewalker," "Action Jackson," and "Best of the Best 2," and menaced Sylvester Stallone in the prison drama "Lock Up."



Perhaps his best-known role was as the tracker Billy Sole in "Predator," opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon.
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Reply #1 posted 08/21/17 11:03pm

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He was so cool in Predator R.I.P

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