We have lost Pete Postlethwaite, an actor with a great heart; also Pete Postlethwaite the activist -
"In 2003 he marched against the war in Iraq and was a vocal supporter of the Make Poverty History campaign." (from today's Guardian).

My old lady would have called him "one of ours"; Northern, Working Class, Catholic, a bit of a rebel.

Goodbye, Mr. Kobayashi.