Star Wars actor Andrew Jack dies of coronavirus, tributes pour in on Twitter

New Delhi : Andrew Jack, known for his work in Star Wars movie, died in Surrey on Tuesday. He was 76-year-old.

According to a report by BBC, he died two days after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus, as was confirmed by his agent Jill McCullough.

The news of Andrew Jack's sad demise has been shared by his wife Gabrielle Rogers. She wrote a heartfelt message on Twitter: "We lost a man today. Andrew Jack was diagnosed with Coronavirus 2 days ago. He was in no pain, and he slipped away peacefully knowing that his family were all 'with' him."

In her tweet, she tagged famous Hollywood stars like Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr, who was trained by Andrew Jack as their voice coach.

As mentioned in the BBC report, Andrews failed to spend his last days with his wife as she was in quarantine in Australia.

On Twitter, his known started pouring in their tributes and condolences.

More than 900,000 people have been diagnosed positive with the novel coronavirus across the world.