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Geoffrey Holder appears at radio interview at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Washington, DC, in January, 1978. They were discussing the play, “Timbuktu,” which Holder directed and choreographed. Holder was a multi-talented Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer, and voice-over artist. He became widely recognized for his lilting Caribbean accent doing televisions commercials for “7 UP,” and BWIA Airlines. Holder appeared in a James Bond film and won Tony Awards for direction and costume design for “The Wiz.” Holder died in New York at 84 on October 5, 2014.