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terça-feira, junho 19, 2012

Victor Spinetti morreu ontem aos 82 anos/Victor Spinetti died yesterday at age 82

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 Filho de pai italiano e mãe galesa, ele era um performer regular no West End de Londres, bem como com a Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ele apareceu em mais de 30 filmes, incluindo os filmes dos Beatles e de Thomas Dylan, Under Milk Wood, estrelado por Elizabeth Taylor e Richard Burton.
Ele havia sido diagnosticado com câncer.
O agente de Spinetti, Barry Burnett, disse: "Ele tinha câncer há um ano, mas ele foi muito alegre até o fim eu falei com ele na sexta-feira e ele estava falando sobre seus planos e tudo mais.".
As notícias de sua morte provocaram uma torrente de homenagens de fãs e membros do mundo do entretenimento no Twitter.
Foi sua performance em Oh, What a Lovely War! que levou os Beatles a pedir-lhe para aparecer em "A Hard Day's Night" (1964), o primeiro dos cinco filmes do grupo.

Sugere-se que George Harrison disse a Spinetti que ele tinha que estar no filme porque "minha mãe só vai vê-los se você estiver nele".
A colaboração de Spinetti com os Beatles fez ele aparecer em suas duas próximas produções, Help! (1965) e o filme para televisão, Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

Ele também trabalhou com John Lennon para tornar o livro de Lennon, In His Own Write, numa peça que, em seguida, ele dirigiu no Teatro Nacional.
Sir Paul McCartney o descreveu como "o homem que faz as nuvens desaparecem".
Spinetti morreu em um Hospital em Monmouth no domingo de manhã, disse seu agente.
Born to an Italian-Welsh father and Welsh mother in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, he was a regular performer in London's West End as well as with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He appeared in more than 30 films, including the Beatles' movies and Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
He had been diagnosed with cancer.
Spinetti's agent, Barry Burnett, said: "He had cancer for a year, but he was very cheerful to the end. I spoke to him on Friday and he was talking about his plans and everything."
News of his death prompted a stream of tributes from fans and members of the entertainment world on Twitter.
It was his performance in Oh, What a Lovely War! that prompted the Beatles to ask him to appear in A Hard Day's Night (1964), the first of the group's five films.

It is suggested George Harrison told Spinetti that he had to be in the film because "me mum will only go to see them if you're in them".

Spinetti's collaboration with the Beatles saw him appear in their next two productions, Help! (1965) and the hour-long television film Magical Mystery Tour (1967).'Great eccentric'

He also worked with John Lennon to turn Lennon's book, In His Own Write, in to a play which he then directed at the National Theatre.

Sir Paul McCartney described him as "the man who makes clouds disappear".

Spinetti died at a hospice in Monmouth on Monday morning, his agent said.

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