A political activist, Pete Postlethwaite protested the war in Iraq, supported the Make Poverty History campaign and starred in a 2009 film about global warming, The Age of Stupid, reports Britain#39;s Independent. Survivors are his wife, Jacqui, his son Will and daughter, Lily, says the newspaper. Pete Postlethwaite died in a in Shropshire, England, hospital Sunday after a lengthy fight with cancer. The actor was 64. An Oscar nominee for his role as the father of Daniel Day-Lewis#39;s charac
