{"id":952319,"date":"2026-05-11T09:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/952319\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:32:13","slug":"star-wars-and-shakespeare-actor-michael-pennington-dies-aged-82-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/952319\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5JNlN6Y3l6SGc0LVVIQkhRVldEQUJoTjFhNzVkbW1UUnY2YVdtM0xFMF9Ba1ROTm40UWJ3Tk05MGlUMUlvQlc1VFFPRm12dG5aYlZnbDRidkxfUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQRElDWjFpeEMxVnJ1aHV2azQ3TVcxYlRRV0xLaUlzY0VVX3B0QUsya2tjVkxZMGRWcjdZaDZDQzdQSWpldXVoY3diNHBJM3NBc2tNWDVaOTQ0N0tOWHo2UFlkZ2V6dmp5T2k5c2Yxc19xQVNFNkprbzhKM29uVzhkajNHQWREeWxVeEc0SEd3MnhieXRIUXFzRDdmSUpYb0FRSTZYM3paNTY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Pennington, celebrated Shakespearean actor who founded a theatre company \u2013 obituary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNN3M3NlFaYUxXZHRfSXNyODAtOHYxNXozSDNlSTY3a3lCUTlxMkJHQkRXdm15WlprWVNRWFg2SkFzbnIzc1Z4Sm9JZW5kOEZ3MDhCeE5Ja2pQTkozbng3TGJmSVh2R0tVdThiejRTMWdpeHozVm1ZT0R4X05WNUx5NmdVdGNKczR0dlBSNWVOR2RhYjFPVmtTRmY5TnBuTUtmZzc4TGN6bW1telZTTnpjN2FiQzU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQV1BCeHF3MW9HN3FfTHZyMlR5UWJrSFpnZlVvRndnWWV3bmpEMWNnb01HWGVheHZVMG1TM1BBZnpWOGZDLWJRYUZyT0ZQOG5YTW9yZHZGTTU2TTl3WlJHNDNtQ1p4S01BSjFfR3QxREJXdnRaSnBTTElpYmt2anh3bmd3djNJSnNsVHhpT0hrYjRZVzJIbWp4cWx6UW53VlhBeU9IVWNoLUgtS1NJcTN0bnZDT0doYkk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Pennington, \u2018Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi\u2019 Actor, Dies At 82<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Forbes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQR19LRGtxcGU3QWdwemhYbWFFTmM5Rm5nby1OYl9zRVY1VkFmblQtdnFjS1RGYzVkTUlpcjVacFNoeFFlOG5oUTNfazhvM0g0QW4wV2tJVzZPRC1ETEsxNFMwN0FNd256Y2Y3dURKd3FYdzBJdHJqUS1kMUx6Yko1UkQzTUtiRkdqZFFpZWRnTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legendary Star Wars actor famous for &#8216;iconic&#8217; scene with Darth Vader dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Star<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Wars and Shakespeare actor Michael Pennington dies aged 82&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Michael Pennington, celebrated Shakespearean actor who founded a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-952319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}