Award winning performer, dancer and actor Geoffrey Holder has died at 84. The talented star does Sunday of complications stemming from pneumonia at New York's Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital, producer and friend Anna Glass told The Associated Press.

Holder was born in Trinidad and got his start in the 1950's as a dancer in New York City. He ran his own dance company and even appeared on Broadway. Holder also danced for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and as a dance teacher he choreographed for the Dance Theater of Harlem and Alvin Ailey.

A dancer, choreographer, actor, composer, designer and painter Holder won two Tony Awards for directing and costume design for the Broadway musical "The Wiz."

Geoffrey was mostly recognized by his unique laugh and booming voice. He played chief Willie Shakespeare in the original "Doctor Dolittle" in 1967 and as Baron Samedi in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die" in 1973. He also appeared in famous films like 1982's "Annie" and in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

You might also know Holder as the spokesperson for 7Up, "the un-cola," a phrase he mentioned in the ads in the 70's and 80's. In 2011 during the season finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" Geoffrey resumed his role as 7Up's spokesman.

The multi-talented man's presence won't only loom large because of his staggering 6'6 height, but also because of his tremendous accomplishments through out the years.

Holder leaves behind his wife Carmen De Lavallade and their son Leo.

"I'm no snob. The commercial is an art form unto itself. After all, you are seducing people" Holder once said about TV commercials. Never thought of it that way, did you?

May his brilliance live on.