Godfrey Cambridge
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Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebra
Cambridge in 1970
Idi Amin
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Awon'go Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and dictator who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He gained power after the 1971 Ugandan coup d
Godfrey Cambridge
…November 29, 1976, at the age of 43, while on the Burbank, California, set of the ABC television movie Victory at Entebbe, in which he was to portray Idi Amin. He was replaced by Julius Harris. Amin commented that Cambridge's death was "punishment from God." He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the…
Amin in the UNGA, 1975
Nakasero Hill in Kampala, the district where Amin was born according to his family
Amin (centre-left) as chief of staff during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol (centre) in 1966
Many victims of Amin's regime perished in torture chambers during his reign. One such chamber is pictured.