Robert William “Bob” Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. He was an actor who starred in a lot of 1980s and 1990s movies, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Super Mario Bros. He received a BAFTA award for his role as George in the film Mona Lisa, a 1986 British crime drama film about an ex-convict (played by Hoskins) who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl.

Hoskins was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2011 and then retired from acting in 2012. He died of pneumonia at age 71, in 2014.

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