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Sweet Pea Atkinson(1945-2020)

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Sweet Pea Atkinson was born on 20 September 1945 in Oberlin, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Was (Not Was): Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) (1983), Lil' Pimp (2005) and Marilyn: Baby U Left Me (Version 2) (1985). He died on 5 May 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 20, 1945
DiedMay 5, 2020(74)
BornSeptember 20, 1945
DiedMay 5, 2020(74)
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Known for

Was (Not Was): Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)
Music Video
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson
  • 1983
Lil' Pimp (2005)
Lil' Pimp
4.8
Video
  • Soundtrack
  • 2005
Marilyn: Baby U Left Me (Version 2)
Music Video
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson
  • 1985
Was (Not Was): Spy in the House of Love (1987)
Was (Not Was): Spy in the House of Love
Music Video
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson
  • 1987

Credits

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Actor

  • Sweet Pea Atkinson in Was (Not Was): Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed) (1992)
    Was (Not Was): Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)
    5.9
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1992
  • Was (Not Was): Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1990
  • Was (Not Was): Anything Can Happen
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1988
  • Was (Not Was): Out Come the Freaks (Again)
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1988
  • Was (Not Was): Spy in the House of Love (1987)
    Was (Not Was): Spy in the House of Love
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1987
  • Was (Not Was): Walk the Dinosaur (1987)
    Was (Not Was): Walk the Dinosaur
    6.6
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1987
  • Marilyn: Baby U Left Me (1985)
    Marilyn: Baby U Left Me
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1985
  • Marilyn: Baby U Left Me (Version 2)
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1985
  • Was (Not Was): Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)
    Music Video
    • Sweet Pea Atkinson
    • 1983

Soundtrack

  • Lil' Pimp (2005)
    Lil' Pimp
    4.8
    Video
    • performer: "Feel the Heat"
    • 2005
  • Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, and Randy Quaid in The Paper (1994)
    The Paper
    6.7
    • performer: "The Same Pain"
    • 1994

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 20, 1945
    • Oberlin, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • May 5, 2020
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)

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    One of the three main singers of Was Not Was.

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