I'd like to bypass all the "He was a bad mutha-" Shaft references and just focus on the role closest to my heart: The Duke of New York: from John Carpenter's Escape from New York. He was A-Number-One.
Things move quickly in the internet so it comes as no surprise that someone has already cobbled together a montage of the Duke in action. Submitted in meek tribute, I give you the Duke:
RIP, you will be missed but you will always be the Duke of New York.
Not to be confused with John Wayne, or this duke:
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