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"The Gods Must Be Crazy" Star, Actor & Bushman, N!xau, dead at 59
Associated Press ^
| 7-5-2003
| AP
Posted on 07/05/2003 6:38:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
N!xau
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - N!xau, the diminutive bushman catapulted from the remote sandswept reaches of the Kalahari Desert to international stardom in the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy" has died, police officials said Saturday.
He was estimated to have been about 59, although he himself said he did not know his exact age.
Police in the remote area of Tsumkwe in the Namibian part of the Kalahari where N!xau lived confirmed his recent death, but did not have any details of how or when he died. His name is a usual transliteration of his tribal language, which uses clicking noises that have no letter in English.
He had suffered from tuberculosis in the past.
The "Gods Must Be Crazy" became a worldwide hit and a top grossing foreign film after its release in 1980. Audiences swooned over his portrayal of an earnest bushman with a sheepish smile whose discovery of a Coca-Cola bottle sets off a comedy of errors.
N!xau starred in several sequels before returning to the familiarity of life as a herdsman raising cattle and vegetables in the Namibian bush.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2003obituaries; 2003obituary; brucelee; cantkeywordthisname; cocacola; coke; comedy; films; godsmustbecrazy; holdmuhcoke; movies; namibia; nxau; obituary
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Yet another loss this past month... R.I.P.
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
07/05/2003 6:43:23 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
A shame. That was a funny movie. Alas, the sequel was a stinker.
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posted on
07/05/2003 6:45:40 PM PDT
by
boris
To: fieldmarshaldj
He was adorable in that film. A natural actor. Makes me want to see it again. *add to list*
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posted on
07/05/2003 6:49:16 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( "Aspire to mediocracy"................new motto for publik skools.............)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Excellent movie. RIP N!xau.
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:01:15 PM PDT
by
blam
To: boris
A shame. That was a funny movie. Alas, the sequel was a stinker.Ditto. ;-)
To: blam
Let it be noted that N!xau was a better actor than Keanu Reeves.
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:03:19 PM PDT
by
John H K
To: fieldmarshaldj
That was a funny flick- may he rest in peace.
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:08:09 PM PDT
by
mafree
To: fieldmarshaldj
My favorite part of that movie was the jeep with no brakes. It was outrageously simple, and that made it funny.
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:08:44 PM PDT
by
Radix
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:09:04 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: fieldmarshaldj
I remember laughing so hard at that movie I could hardly breathe. That scene of him driving the jeep backwards was just hilarious.
Thanks N!xau for all the laughs.
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To: Radix
Best part was the firefight in the banana grove. The have a terrorist slip on a banana peel, and it works!
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:34:06 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Everyone knows you can't have a successful conspiracy without a Rockefeller)
To: fieldmarshaldj
All I can say is this: He was unconsciously THE PERFECT ACTOR. That movie (#1) is an Absolute Staple! He is Marked by The One Who knows his worth!
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:43:29 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Life is too short to dance with ugly men.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
I never laughed so hard until I saw "The Gods Must Be Crazy". I think I'll take out the old tape and watch it again, and laugh, in memory of N!xau.
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:49:10 PM PDT
by
AF68
To: Radix
was the jeep with no brakes .....that and the winch in the tree.....
.....(but i think it was a LR Series).....
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posted on
07/05/2003 7:49:19 PM PDT
by
cyberaxe
((.....does this mean I'm kewl now?.....))
To: cyberaxe
I loved the winch and the tree! Too funny.
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posted on
07/05/2003 8:17:07 PM PDT
by
sine_nomine
(I am pro-choice...the moment the baby has a choice.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Like so many others I never stopped laughing from beginning to end. My younger sister (a liberal) went with me to see the film. She couldn't get it. I started then thinking that liberals only find humor in the misshaps of their enemies. I have continued to find that true.
Rest in peace, N!xau.
Saddest Regards,
Boiler Plate
To: fieldmarshaldj
Ah, N!xau, I want you to know: click click schgpick tick tick ouclick nmmbptick-km. And I mean it!
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posted on
07/05/2003 8:34:53 PM PDT
by
jennyp
(http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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