Star Wars Actor Andrew Jack Passes Away Over Coronavirus At The Age Of 76

After 2 days of being diagnosed with coronavirus, Star Wars actor Andrew Jack died in Britain at the age of 76, stated his agent Jill McCullough on April 1st. The Hollywood star passed away in a Surrey hospital on March 31st. Besides an actor, he was also a dialect coach that Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and the star cast of Lord of The Rings had joined before.

The agent said: "Andrew 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."

Andrew Jack became well-known for his role as General Ematt in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. Later, he also made his appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story as well as Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.

Jack's wife Gabrielle Rogers is now isolated in Australia like any others who arrives in this country for a couple of weeks. She took to social media to share:

"Andrew Jack was diagnosed with coronavirus 2 days ago. He was in no pain, and he slipped away peacefully knowing that his family were all 'with' him."

Coronavirus in people often gives some mild symptoms including cough, sore throat, and fever and will appear in 2 to 3 weeks. In some cases, COVID-19 can cause more severe illness such as pneumonia and even death to people, especially senior adults or patients who have a medical history report.

Up to now, there are 862,094 cases positive with the pandemic over the world and 42,180 people amongst them were found dead. In India, the number of infected cases has witnessed a quick increase when in one day, over 200 new cases were found. The latest report announced the positive cases in India are 1,407 with 35 dead cases. Many of them came from religious gatherings: