Dave Prowse, the British actor behind the menacing black mask of Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday.

“It’s with great sadness that we have to announce that our client Dave Prowse… passed away yesterday morning at the age of 85,” Bowington wrote on Facebook.

“May the force be with him, always!” the agent told the BBC.

Bowington added that Prowse’s death was “a truly and deeply heart-wrenching loss for us and millions of fans all over the world.”

A former bodybuilder turned actor, Prowse’s towering stature at almost two meters clinched him the role of the instantly details ⇒

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