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| 3 | Geoffrey Lamont Holder (August 1, 1930- October 5, 2014) was a multi-talented Trinidadian-American artist who over his decades-long career worked as an actor, singer, dancer, director, choreographer, costume designer and painter. |
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| 5 | Born in Port of Spain, UsefulNotes/TrinidadAndTobago, he emigrated to New York in the early 1950s where he made his Broadway debut in the musical ''House of Flowers''. In 1975, he won Tony Awards for direction and costume design for ''Theatre/TheWiz''. |
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| 7 | His acting career included roles in ''Film/DoctorDolittle'', ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' (as [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]]), ''Film/{{Annie|1982}}'' and ''Film/{{Boomerang|1992}}''. He narrated ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' and [[HeAlsoDid also served]] as the pitchman for 7 Up ads (those about "cola nuts" and "the un-cola") in TheSeventies and TheEighties. By TheNineties, he had landed the role of Ray the Sun on ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse''. |
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