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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 07/06/2003 : 14:23:00
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3045170.stm
A Namibian bush farmer who shot to worldwide fame in the 1980 film comedy
The Gods Must Be Crazy has died.
N!xau, whose name is pronounced with a southern African click, starred as a
Kalahari bushman who found a Coca Cola bottle - an alien object to his
tribe. He was found dead near his home in Namibia after going out to collect
wood. He was believed to have been 59 years old. "Apparently he went out to
find wood on Tuesday and never returned," Mireschen Troskie-Marx of Mimosa
Films, which produced the movie, said. "His family went out looking for him
and he was found dead in a field. We believe it was of natural causes."
The Gods Must Be Crazy showed him on a voyage of discovery in western
culture and made about $66m (£40m) at box offices. But its depiction of the
remote tribes was criticised by some for reflecting the racism of apartheid
South Africa. N!xau was seen in a 1992 documentary saying he deeply
regretted appearing in the film - but starred in a series of sequels until
the early 1990s. According to director Jamie Uys, N!xau was said to have let
his first $300 wages blow away because he did not see the value of money.
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Too bad.
The guy really did live a similar life he portrayed in the movie.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/06/2003 : 19:42:26 [Permalink]
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I find this very sad. The Gods Must Be Crazy was a great flick that certainly captured my heart.
N!xau, we'll miss you, bro.
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