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Cambridge died of a heart attack on November 29, 1976, at the age of 43, while on the Burbank, California, set of the ABC television movie Victory at Entebbe, in which he was to portray Idi Amin (he was replaced by Julius Harris). [2] Amin commented that Cambridge's death was "punishment from God." [17]
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians."
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Remembering Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) He was a great comedian and actor. He also organized one of the first benefits to raise funds for Martin Luther King, Jr in the early 1060s.
A compulsive eater who at times weighed as much as three hundred pounds, in 1976 Cambridge collapsed and died on the set of the TV movie Victory at Entebbe, in which he played the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. See also Civil Rights Movement, U.S. Bibliography. Bogle, Donald. Blacks in American Films and Television. New York: Garland, 1988.
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians."
Godfrey Cambridge. AKA Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge. Born: 26-Feb - 1933. Birthplace: New York City. Died: 29-Nov - 1976. Location of death: Los Angeles, CA. Cause of death: Heart Failure. Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA. Gender: Male.
- February 26, 1933
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