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Fans and Friends Celebrate The Life of 'Alien' Actor Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto, famed actor best known for his roles as the villain in James Bond film Live and Let Die and Alien, died at 81-years-old. Kotto's wife Tessie Sinahon made […]

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1964

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