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'Predator' Actor Sonny Landham Dies at 76 | Landham Died from Congestive Heart Failure.

actor Sonny Landham, best known here for playing badass tracker Billy Sole in Predator, died

yesterday in Lexington, Kentucky at the age of 76.

Landham started his career starring in over a dozen adult films.

He played a policeman in his first major mainstream role in Walter Hill's 1979 cult hit, The Warriors,

and he starred in nearly 50 projects over his career.

The Native American actor -- part Seminole, part Cherokee -- was known for his "tough

guy" roles, and performed frequently as a stuntsman.

In addition to Predator, Landham appeared in Poltergeist, Action Jackson, Maximum Force,

Carnival of Wolves, and perhaps most famously, as Billy Bear in Hill's 48 Hrs.

Twelve years later, in 1996, Landham directed his only film, Billy Lone Bear, while also

playing an entirely different Billy Bear -- a good cop hiding from an IRA assassin on a

Native American reservation.

His final credited role was 2009's direct-to-video horror flick, Mental Scars.

In addition to acting, Landham made several attempts at public office.

In 2003, he ran for Governor of Kentucky on the Republican ticket, but did not make it

past the primaries.

He ran briefly as an independent, but withdrew soon after.

In 2008 he ran for a Senate seat on the Libertarian ticket, but after some derogatory comments

he made about Arabs surfaced, the Kentucky Libertarians withdrew their support and kicked

him off their party ticket, saying his "comments were not in keeping with the party's platform

and values."

His candidacy only lasted three days.

Landham died from congestive heart failure and is survived by his son William and daughter

Priscilla.

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Afgh@nistan offers 17 percent subsidy on cargo flights to India bypassing Pakistan - Duration: 2:11.

After a 17-day delay, the fifth cargo flight carrying over 80 tons of fresh fruit left

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, bringing new hope that

flights between Afghanistan and India will now take place on a regular basis.

A number of fresh fruit exporters said government should ensure that these flights are carried

out as scheduled from now on.

Thursday's freight consisted of 60 tons of melon, 15 tons of grapes and 5 tons of apricots.

This is the fifth cargo flight to India since the inauguration of the route in early July.

"Four cargo flights will be conducted every month, if more flights are needed, we are

fully prepared for the operations," said Younus Mohmand, deputy of Afghanistan Chamber

of Commerce and Industries (ACCI).

Meanwhile, officials of Kam Air Aviation company, which is responsible for the aircraft used,

have said that its Boeing-737 plane has the capacity to transport 100 tons of fruit at

a time.

"The plane which we chartered is able to fly anywhere in Asia and Europe, but the chamber

of commerce and industries and fruit exporters should ensure that they have markets outside

the country; we don't have any problem to transfer their products," said Hajji Raqi,

an official from Kam Air.

A number of businessmen have said that in view of exporting more local produce and goods,

government should ensure there are world class cargo services available at Hamid Karzai International

Airport and other airports around the country.

"The fruit should be transferred as soon as possible, the airport should be equipped

according to (international) standards, in that case they would have the ability to keep

the fruit fresh for 24 hours," said local businessman Atta Mohammad Mohammadi.

According to ACCI, problems faced by exporters recently have been resolved.

The Afghan government has announced a 17 percent subsidy for cargo flights to India.

Traders hope however that government will keep this up.