(CNN) — Geoffrey Holder, a versatile artist known for his ability as a dancer, actor and — most famously to most of America — a pitchman for 7Up, has died. He was 84. The cause was complications due ...

Geoffrey Holder, whose energetic laugh helped sell cans of 7Up in the '70s and '80s, has died at the age of 84. While Holder, who passed away Sunday in Manhattan from complications from pneumonia, ...

Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show The Wiz to Broadway, pitched 7-Up on TV ...

FILE – In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise’ “La Nuit des Etoiles” dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, ...

Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up on ...

Actor/dancer Geoffrey Holder has died at the age of 84. The star passed away of complications from pneumonia on Sunday (05Oct14) in Manhattan, according to the New York Times. Holder enjoyed a career ...

Geoffrey Holder, a dancer, choreographer, an actor (famously in the James Bond film “Live and Let Die”) and a two-time Tony winner for “The Wiz” who was famous for his deep voice and hearty, ...

NEW YORK — Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show “The Wiz” to Broadway, ...

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