“Star Wars” actor Kenneth Colley has died aged 87.
Colley, who played Admiral Piett in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” passed away peacefully on Monday at his home in Ashford, Kent, his agent Julian Owen confirmed.
“Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years,” Owen said in a statement to the BBC.
Owen confirmed that Colley was admitted to the hospital with an injured arm after a fall. The British actor quickly contracted COVID which developed into pneumonia.
