DSBPI notes the passing of Idi Amin in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. Idi Amin, best known to us here as a bit player in the Entebbe drama, had been on life support since July 18, after slipping into a coma.

A brutal dictator who the world is better without, it is worthwhile nonetheless to mark his passing by renting the 1977 classic "Operation Thunderbolt" to review Mark Heath's stunning turn as a gregarious Amin. Heath, a native Jamaican, went on to star as Detective Inspector Robinson in the 1985 TV Movie "Paint Me a Murder" and in the 1990 family drama "The Finding." Born in 1940 in Kingston, Heath might be best known for his role as "Ralph" in the 1967 episode of "Dr. Who" entitled "The Moonbase."