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FILE- In this Saturday, May 26, 2007 file photo, actor Kenny Baker, who portrayed the R2-D2 in the first Star Wars movie, signs autographs at Star Wars Celebration IV, billed as the world's biggest Star Wars party, marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the first film in the Star Wars saga, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Baker, 83, has died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. His niece, Abigail Shield, said he was found dead by a nephew on Saturday at his home in northwest England after a long illness. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Kenny Baker, ‘Star Wars’ actor, dies at 83; portrayed R2-D2 in movie franchise

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

ADVANCED FOR USE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 29, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this March 18, 2014 photo, Shannon Baker, joins Tuesday night's music session singing favorite country songs by Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris at the County Line Bluegrass Barn on Hornes Church Road in Wilson, N.C. Baker has been singing at the barn for several months since first singing with several of the session musicians at a family birthday. (AP Photo/The Wilson Times, Gray Whitley)

Old dairy barn near Wilson becomes concert venue

By COREY FRIEDMAN - Associated Press