Geoffrey Holder, director and actor, dies at 84

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Geoffrey Holder, director and actor, dies at 84

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/geoffrey-holder-director-actor-dies-84-180657482.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5hlNhqqUw2I4s9DgY29k9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/161a47174d84c227610f6a70670047c0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise' &quot;La Nuit des Etoiles&quot; dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show &quot;The Wiz&quot; to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film &quot;Live and Let Die,&quot; died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise' &quot;La Nuit des Etoiles&quot; dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show &quot;The Wiz&quot; to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film &quot;Live and Let Die,&quot; died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show &quot;The Wiz&quot; to Broadway, pitched 7-Up on TV and played a scary villain in a James Bond film, has died. He was 84.</p><br clear="all"/>

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