Died at 84
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Howard Lew Lewis was an English comedian and actor best known for his roles in the 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes and Tony Robinson's children's comedy series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. His first job was with the RAF as a a computer operator and he worked for several years in computing and telecommunications at managerial level before undertaking acting as his chosen career. He often appeared in vehicles for Ronnie Barker, including The Magnificent Evans and Open All Hour, and appeared in the first series of Blackadder. His film roles included Hal in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a guard in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, and the voice of Obelix in the 1994 animated film Asterix in America. Diabetes and dementia plagued him in later years and he was admitted into a community hospital in Edinburgh in 2017. He passed away there on 20th January 2018. Police Scotland confirmed later that month that they were investigating a complaint brought by Lewis's daughter Debora Milazzo against the hospital. She claimed that her father was given an unnecessary cocktail of high-dose sedatives and maximum-strength opiate painkillers that subsequently brought about his death. The police ultimately found no case to answer.
Howard Lew Lewis
Brad Snider
for Brad Snider in Grand Theft Auto (1995)
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Set in the sprawling excess of mid-1990s Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto follows a retired bank robber living under federal protection whose carefully constructed suburban life masks a growing dissatisfaction with comfort and anonymity. When a chance encounter with an ambitious young hustler reignites his appetite for risk, the two form an uneasy partnership built on opportunity and ego. Their plans begin small, but the lure of status and legacy pushes them toward increasingly dangerous territory. The fragile alliance is further complicated by the return of a volatile figure from the older man’s past, whose loyalty runs as deep as his instability. As the trio navigate high-stakes heists, corrupt officials, and powerful interests operating behind the scenes, personal ambition threatens to fracture what little trust exists between them. In a city driven by image and greed, the pursuit of one last triumph becomes a test of survival — and of how much each man is willing to sacrifice for control.
