RIP Bob Hoskins

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Hoskins in Roger Rabbit
British actor Bob Hoskins (PeekYou profile here) has died of pneumonia at age 71.

His diverse filmography features such gritty, British crime dramas as The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa, as well as mainstream Hollywood fare such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Super Mario Bros.

Raised in Finsbury Park, a working-class section of north London, and working as a lorry driver in his early-adulthood, the story goes that Hoskins fell backwards into acting in his late-20s; auditioning for a play on a fluke, and getting the part.

Bob, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012, leaves behind a wife, four children, and an estimable body of work. Below we’ve included the trailer for the 1979 masterpiece, The Long Good Friday, in which Bob starred. A visit to his PeekYou profile will give you the opportunity to look through the Web’s outpouring of memorials, as well as dig deeper into learning about his life and work.