{"id":636593,"date":"2026-05-11T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636593\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:06:10","slug":"star-wars-and-shakespeare-actor-michael-pennington-dies-aged-82-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636593\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5JNlN6Y3l6SGc0LVVIQkhRVldEQUJoTjFhNzVkbW1UUnY2YVdtM0xFMF9Ba1ROTm40UWJ3Tk05MGlUMUlvQlc1VFFPRm12dG5aYlZnbDRidkxfUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQbmFwaFhuZlh2WklDV2pCSG1XUzlHT3I4MnVhdW8ybVBYSXUyQm9CQmJuS1c2N21xTC1Rb2NDeTFTVW9CTWs1aXVOQWJkMHloVzd6NWV0cE02Z24xZnE3OU5SMkpLaVcycXJkb3NaVGg2ckFnYlNLTU4teTFNYmZaZ3U4TlJycHM5dVV5Y3pTeHBNOWFUVkdJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Star Wars actor dead aged 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOQ1ZKMlExVS1pVHV6VXVjQl85RDRENjdNUlBueVlFQlJjcU5xZUZ6VU5UejYwVHlpRVlXYTBFOWh1cHBvcGRhZ2lwREJlMl8wbmhuSXVNcUdmZjhWMzNKNmpIZ0VES1o0VDB2U2JqVmZiQjJiT0RSZ0dKT1hUMVE3Q21nU01lR0NQVWfSAZ4BQVVfeXFMT193d01UTnVIQlNLY0JhLWhIN0pGZjZMTzQxNnYydGVXQ21lbk5yTXo2djdxczJlNkkxSTVHQjR1eXVmSUhfdDQ4VDFSTk1rRmJTUGY4R0V4VlJabzNoWjg1QXpTWU15ZksyYnhyelppcE5TRno4WUhrc2dQSHRXMXBLbVNtNjl5TGlUaHdEbnZHSml6UFZnQ3lnd3JQUHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Star Wars\u2019 actor, known for TV roles, dead at 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AL.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQRElDWjFpeEMxVnJ1aHV2azQ3TVcxYlRRV0xLaUlzY0VVX3B0QUsya2tjVkxZMGRWcjdZaDZDQzdQSWpldXVoY3diNHBJM3NBc2tNWDVaOTQ0N0tOWHo2UFlkZ2V6dmp5T2k5c2Yxc19xQVNFNkprbzhKM29uVzhkajNHQWREeWxVeEc0SEd3MnhieXRIUXFzRDdmSUpYb0FRSTZYM3paNTY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Pennington, celebrated Shakespearean actor who founded a theatre company \u2013 obituary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQWUNIX3ZlY3o2M1I2LTlTdDB2clJJZnd1aktOeng4ZXJpVmw3ajA5YzQtVGNQb2gxakszSDFJemJ2UFVlZHkwN3JvVmh4VjZRQkZ5ZzdfelNnUmpWOXNGZEE2MWl1M0tEWnI3VnhmaEVpLTllcVBRUGotV1FXcXVGX1VtYVE3dlZnUDJUSllaV1lqUHZZWUpmNVZKUV9GcU9s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Pennington, \u2018Star Wars: Return of the Jedi\u2019 Actor, Dies at 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;variety.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCStar Wars actor dead aged 82&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo\u2018Star Wars\u2019 actor, known&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-636593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}