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VIDEO: Remembering Peter Mayhew

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ABC News
May 3, 2019

Remembering Peter Mayhew

The actor known for playing Chewbacca in the original "Star Wars" films has died in his Texas home at 74. ABC News' Will Ganss has the details.

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