“Best Actor in the World” Pete Postlethwaite Dead at 64

Pete Postlethwaite lost his battle with cancer in a Shropshire, England, hospital yesterday (January 2nd). He was only 64 years old. posted on January 3, 2011 at 10:43am EST

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