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Richard Kiel, towering actor who played 007 nemesis Jaws, has died

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Published: September 10, 2014, 5:00pm
Actor Roger Moore, right, who played the part of James Bond 007 in seven films, poses Oct. 11, 2007 with actor Richard Kiel, who played the role of Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me," during a ceremony honoring Moore with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Kiel, the 7-foot-2-inch performer famously played the cable-chomping henchman who tussled with Moore's Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker," has died. He was 74. (AP Photo/Mark J.
Actor Roger Moore, right, who played the part of James Bond 007 in seven films, poses Oct. 11, 2007 with actor Richard Kiel, who played the role of Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me," during a ceremony honoring Moore with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Kiel, the 7-foot-2-inch performer famously played the cable-chomping henchman who tussled with Moore's Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker," has died. He was 74. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

LOS ANGELES — Richard Kiel, the 7-foot-2 actor best known for portraying the James Bond villain Jaws, has died in Fresno, Calif. He was 74.

Kiel died Wednesday at St. Agnes Medical Center, Kelley Sanchez, director of communications, confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.

Kiel played the hulking, metal-mouthed Bond villain in “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker.”

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