Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in most of the Star Wars movies, has died at age 74.
He got the part because of his height -- 7'2".
He was lucky to live to 74. Extremely tall men have a low life expectancy. Additionally, tall men more within the normal range (like me) still have a lower life expectancy than shorter and average height men.
Mayhew was only 32 when the first Star Wars film was released.