Actor Bob Hoskins, known for 'Roger Rabbit,' dies at 71

"Five-foot-six-cubic" is how Bob Hoskins described his dense, brick-like physique, and in his career as one of Britain's most familiar and reliable screen actors Hoskins was compared to all sorts of non-human entities. A bulldog. A fireplug. A face

Bob Hoskins, the beloved and burly character actor with an American accent so good you always did a double take when you remembered (or were reminded that) he was British, has died following a bout with pneumonia. He was 71. Hoskins had built a solid 

The actor Bob Hoskins has died aged 71. His agent said that he died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, suffering from pneumonia. He retired in 2012 following a diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in the autumn of 2011.

This afternoon his daughter Rosa posted a list of the things learnt from her dad, ranging from laughing to 'loving with all of your heart'. She wrote: "My darling Dad has died. I loved him to the ends of the earth and he loved me back just the same

Last night, Bob Hoskins died from pneumonia. Born Robert William Hoskins Jr. in 1942 to a nursery-school teacher and a truck driver in West Suffolk, England, Hoskins went on to a varied, wonderful, 40-plus-year acting career. Starting in 1969, Hoskins