{"id":251694,"date":"2016-09-25T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=251694"},"modified":"2016-09-25T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:08:30","slug":"bill-nunn-actor-in-spike-lee-and-spider-man-films-dies-aged-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/bill-nunn-actor-in-spike-lee-and-spider-man-films-dies-aged-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nunn, actor in Spike Lee and Spider Man films, dies aged 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">US actor Bill Nunn, who featured in Spider Man as well as films by the director Spike Lee, has died aged 63 at his home in Pittsburgh, his wife said.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, best known for his role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee&#8217;s Do the Right Thing, had been battling cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee paid tribute to his &#8220;dear friend&#8221; on social media, saying he was &#8220;resting in power&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nunn went on to appear in dozens of films and TV programmes, including New Jack City and Sirens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1406B\/production\/_91372028_mediaitem91372027.jpg\" alt=\"Spike Lee\" width=\"537\" height=\"302\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US actor Bill Nunn, who featured in Spider Man as well as films by the director Spike Lee, has died aged 63 at his home in Pittsburgh, his wife said. 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