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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]
Remembering Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) on the day of his birth, stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby,...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6677. Source citation. Actor, Comedian. Born in New York City, he began his career as a stand-up comedian and was acclaimed by Time magazine as one of the country's four most celebrated African American comics in the 1960s.
Feb 26, 2015 · 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,...
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 - November 29, 1976) was an American comedian and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one of the country's four most celebrated Negro comedians."
Death. 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. Amin commented that Cambridge's death was "punishment from God." He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills area of Los ...
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge - The late, great, old-school comedian split his time between Nova Scotia and Queens, NY, before moving down the path of humor. Sadly he passed away in 1976,...
