File image of Andrew Jack. Image courtesy: Geo.tv

Popular actor Andrew Jack, who appeared in the superhit Star Wars movies, died after contracting COVID-19.

The 76-year-old man, who also worked as a dialect coach, died at a hospital in Surrey on Tuesday.

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โ€œAndrew lived on one of the oldest working houseboats on the Thames, he was fiercely independent but madly in love with his wife, also a dialect coach,โ€Jackโ€™s agent Jill McCullough said in a statement.

Jackโ€™s wife Gabrielle Rogers, who is quarantined in Australia, expressed her grief over the death of her husband.

She tweeted, โ€œWe lost a man today. Andrew Jack was diagnosed with coronavirus two days ago. He was in no pain, and he slipped away peacefully knowing that his family was all โ€˜withโ€™ him. Take care out there, lovers.โ€

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Jack appeared in โ€˜Star Wars: Episode VIII โ€“ The Last Jediโ€™ as well as in โ€˜Solo: A Star Wars Storyโ€™ and โ€˜Star Wars: Episode VII โ€“ The Force Awakensโ€™.

Jack, who worked with over 200 actors in his career, was a supervising dialect coach for the fantasy film series, Lord of the Rings.

He designed and taught the accents for the Greeks and Trojans in Wolfgang Petersonโ€™s Troy.

Many eminent actors and Jackโ€™s fans took to social media to express sorrow over his death.