Legendary actor Ben Dekker dies aged 86

# Legendary South African artist Ben Dekker died in the Eastern Cape at the age of 86. He gained fame in the TV series Die Vlakte duskant Hebron as the desert wanderer Ghaitshi Ghubi and also appeared in films such as Die Wildtemmer and The Outcast. Dekker studied forestry before obtaining degrees in Philosophy and Fine Arts. He once contested an election against then opposition leader Sir De Villiers Graaff in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Dekker lived his last years in isolation at a beach in Port St Johns.