Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Witness to the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. (heard to the shots, but didn't see it).
==Film Deaths==
*Quo Vadis? (1951) [Nero]: Stabbed in the chest by Rosalie Crutchley, at his own request, when he can't bring himself to commit suicide; he dies in her arms shortly afterwards. (Thanks to Mike and Jeffrey)
*Billy Budd (1962) [Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy]: Crushed to death (off-screen) by falling rigging following a surprise attack by a Spanish ship. We see his arm sticking out of the wreckage.
*Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) [Captain Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach]: Plays the ghost of the legendary pirate. (In real life, Teach was killed during a battle with the British Navy, but I don't know whether the movie mentions the circumstances of his death.)
*Ashanti (Ashanti: Land of No Mercy) (1979) [Suleiman]: Shot to death by Michael Caine. (Thanks to Mathew)
*Animal Farm (1999) [Old Major]: Providing the voice of a pig (using both animatronics and live animals with Peter's voice dubbed in), he dies after being shot by Pete Postlethwaite.
*The Bachelor (1999) [Granddad James Shannon]: Dies (off-screen) of old age/natural causes; we learn of his death afterwards when his grandson (Chris O'Donnell) gets the news.
==TV Deaths==
*Jesus of Nazareth (1977 TV) [Herod the Great]: Dies (off-screen) sometime after giving orders to kill every newborn in Bethlehem.
*Victoria & Albert (2001 TV) [King William IV]: Dies. (I haven't seen this, but I read depicts William dying and Victoria becoming the Queen.
==Notable connections==
*Ex-Mr. Suzanne Cloutier.
*Father of Tamara Ustinov and Pavla Ustinov.
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