Haruo Nakajima, who played the original Godzilla in 1954 film, dies
(LA Times Dodgers)

He stomped over miniature bridges and buildings in a rubber suit and gave the world Godzilla, the fire-breathing, screeching monster that became Japan`s star cultural export and an enduring symbol of the pathos and destruction of the Atomic Age. Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla in the original...