“It is with great sadness to report that my client Kenneth Colley passed away Monday 30th June at around 5:30pm in hospital in Ashford, Kent. He was 87,” Owen wrote. “He had been admitted after a fall with an injured arm, however he quickly contracted Covid which developed into Pneumonia.”

Kenneth Colley, an actor known to "Star Wars" fans for his role as Admiral Piett in the original trilogy, has died. He was 87.

Owen said in his statement that Colley was admitted to a hospital after he injured his arm in a fall and quickly contracted COVID, which developed into a pneumonia diagnosis. The actor "passed away peacefully with friends at his bedside," Owen said.