'Star Wars' Actor Gary Friedkin Dead at 70 from COVID Complications: 'He Was a Gift to All Who Knew Him'
Gary Friedkin.Photo: Newsmakers via Getty Star WarsandHappy Daysactor Gary Friedkin is dead after contracting COVID and spending over three weeks in intensive care. He was 70. Friedkin is known for roles like his three-episode arc as Clarence onHappy Daysin 1982, and as an Ewok in 1983’sStar Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi. He was also credited in movies likeYoung Doctors in LoveandCool World. Friedkin appeared on shows likeChicago HopeandThe Practice, and his most recent credit wasMother’s Dayin 2016....