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 N!xau G!kau

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N!xau G!kau Famous memorial

Birth
Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
Death
1 Jul 2003 (aged 58)
Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
Burial
Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
Memorial ID
7663054 View Source

Actor. N!xau was born in 1944 in Tsumkwe, Namibia. N!xau was a Khoisan bushman who gained fame when he appeared in the lead role of the film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (1980), the story told of a bushman named 'Xixo' who found an empty coke bottle after it was dropped from an airplane from overhead. The story went on to explain how 'Xixo' who was not familiar with a coke bottle in his world had travelled to 'the ends of the earth to throw it off.' The film made over $500 million dollars. In 1989 he was asked to appear as 'Xixo' again in the sequel, "The Gods Must Crazy II" and he accepted on the condition he be paid 800,000 South African Rand in advance so that he could buy his 3 wives, himself, and their children a cinder block house with electricity and a water pump. N!xau also appeared in the films, "Crazy Safari" (1991), "Crazy Hong Kong" (1993), "In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema And Apartheid" (1993), and "The Gods Must Be Funny In China" (1994). N!xau died in early July 2003 when he went out hunting. His body was found a couple days later. He was believed to be 58 years old.

Actor. N!xau was born in 1944 in Tsumkwe, Namibia. N!xau was a Khoisan bushman who gained fame when he appeared in the lead role of the film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (1980), the story told of a bushman named 'Xixo' who found an empty coke bottle after it was dropped from an airplane from overhead. The story went on to explain how 'Xixo' who was not familiar with a coke bottle in his world had travelled to 'the ends of the earth to throw it off.' The film made over $500 million dollars. In 1989 he was asked to appear as 'Xixo' again in the sequel, "The Gods Must Crazy II" and he accepted on the condition he be paid 800,000 South African Rand in advance so that he could buy his 3 wives, himself, and their children a cinder block house with electricity and a water pump. N!xau also appeared in the films, "Crazy Safari" (1991), "Crazy Hong Kong" (1993), "In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema And Apartheid" (1993), and "The Gods Must Be Funny In China" (1994). N!xau died in early July 2003 when he went out hunting. His body was found a couple days later. He was believed to be 58 years old.

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  • Added: 7 Jul 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7663054
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7663054/n!xau-g!kau: accessed ), memorial page for N!xau G!kau (16 Dec 1944–1 Jul 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7663054, citing Tsumkwe Cemetery, Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia; Maintained by Find a Grave.