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Bushman Star of 'Gods Must Be Crazy' Dies

Published July 7, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

N!xau, the Kalahari bushman who wooed audiences around the world with his starring role in the 1980s blockbuster The Gods Must Be Crazy, has died, police officials confirmed. In real life, he was a herdsman and farmer in southern Africa on the border between Botswana and Namibia. All Things Considered offers a remembrance.

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