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Aug 13, 2016 - 11:56 AM
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Joe E.
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Sorry to hear that, but it certainly seems like good innings. I seem to remember that diminuative people (is that the politically correct term these days?) live -- on average -- about 10 years shorter than normal-sized people, although it obviously depends on the type of illness that you have. In either case, 83 seems like a good run.
Did he ever do anything else (known) beyond R2-D2?
He did have a good long life and a great run, yes. I hate to say it, but my sadness is partly out of selfishness, in that I never got to meet him or anything like that.
Aside from Star Wars, he mostly had various bit parts and background roles, albeit occasionally in such high-profile releases as Amadeus and Labyrinth. His biggest role with his own face and voice is probably Fidgit in Time Bandits, another personal favorite. He was also in the bawdy and hilarious Boobs in the Wood.
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Can't believe only 6 people(Including me) have posted to this! Baker was a cultural icon, even if you never saw his face in the SW films. Yet another cherished part of my youth gone. 
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Jim Cleveland and Jenkwombat...
I JUST GOT HERE!
After Star Wars...
Kenny Baker appeared in The Elephant Man and Flash Gordon in 1980.
He appeared in The Time Bandits in 1981.
And Return Of The Jedi in 1983.
Amadeus in 1984.
Willow in 1988.
And he had many credits after that.
Kenny had a long and highly successful career in the film industry, and he will be missed.
Rest In Peace, Kenny.
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We mustn't forget his role in the "Safety Dance" video!
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Rest in Peace
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BLEEP, BLEEP, WHISTLE R.I.P Sir!
It was a honor to meet you several times!
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Aug 24, 2016 - 1:48 PM
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Joe E.
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Perhaps someone needs to occasionally remind him that just like Kenny Baker, he too was only chosen because he was small enough to fit into a robot costume.
That's not true at all. The final Threepio costume was sculpted around a mold of his body, after he was cast (in both senses). I mean, he did fit the general physical description they were thinking of, but so did Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, etc.
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I met Daniels once, in 1998 (and saw him again giving a talk at Walt Disney World just a few years ago, but I didn't interact with him then), and he was gracious and charming, as he was in every interview and was reported to be in every article by other people that I ever encountered over the first couple decades of the saga's existence. Over the last several years, though, I've seen various accounts, increasing in frequency with time, that suggest he's anything other than nice and gentlemanly. Based on these latter-day accounts, my inclination is to think that as he's gotten older, he's become crankier, snarkier, and perhaps more bitter, which certainly happens with lots of people later in life. I'd like to think otherwise, though, of course, but obviously despite having followed his career and those of the other core cast members over the years, I certainly can't claim to know them.
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