Mako: Death of a Wizard

Mako, the legendary actor that portrayed Akiro the Wizard in Schwarzenegger's Conan movies, has sadly passed away.

Japanese-American actor Mako, who was Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in "The Sand Pebbles" and who co-founded the nation's first Asian-American theater company, died Friday of esophageal cancer at his home in Somis. He was 72.

In an acting career spanning more than four decades, Mako appeared in TV series including "MASH," "I Spy," "Quincy" and "Frasier," as well as films ranging from "Conan The Barbarian" to "Seven Years in Tibet," "Pearl Harbor" and 2005's "Memoirs of a Geisha".

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