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Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's 1989 film, "Do the Right Thing."
Universal Pictures; thumbnail: Craig Barritt/Getty Images, 2014
Bill Nunn
Died on September 24, 2016 at age 63
Mr. Nunn was a versatile actor best known for playing the role of Radio Raheem, the boombox-toting neighborhood philosopher killed by police officers in Spike Lee’s 1989 film “Do the Right Thing.”
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