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Mayhew passed away at his North Texas home on April 30 with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Who needs the Jedi mind trick when you have Twitter? Peter Mayhew, the actor who famously portrayed Han Solo’s erstwhile companion, Chewbacca, in “Star Wars,” was returning to his Texas home this month from the Denver Comic Con convention. And like any traveler -- or smuggler, for that matter -- he’d hoped to avoid “Imperial entanglements” while clearing Denver Airport security on the way to his scheduled American Airlines flight.

WASHINGTON - A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a Wookiee named Chewbacca growled and howled his way through "Star Wars" movies. On Monday, the actor who played him will take the oath to become an American citizen. British-born Peter Mayhew will be among 441 people from 77 countries who will become naturalized Americans in a ceremony in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Mayhew, 60, played the fur-covered warrior Chewbacca in the original "Star Wars" trilogy of the 1970s and 1980s, and the latest movie, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." "I got married to a...

DALLAS -- Jurors on Friday found the son of a slain millionaire responsible for the 1998 killing and ordered him to pay his sister $26 million in a case unusual because it reached a courtroom before criminal charges were filed. Lawyers for Amanda Mayhew Dealey had asked jurors to find Chuck Mayhew responsible for the shooting death of Charles Mayhew, a former Sunnyvale mayor. Jurors deliberated about half a day Friday after a three-week trial before awarding Dealey more than five times the $5 million she was seeking. Dealey said the judgment provides closure, but also mixed emotions. "It's so...