Dennis Hopper dead

[Mr. Laz]

:sulk:

Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74
Reuters May 29, 2010 1:08 PM

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Actor Dennis Hopper arrives for the the official screening of the film "Blindness" on the opening night of the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 14, 2008. Hopper has been released from a New York hospital after checking in with flu-like symptoms. File photo.

Photograph by: Jean-Paul Pelissier, Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider,” died Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer, a friend told Reuters. Hopper was 74.

The hard-living screen icon died at 8:15 a.m. PDT , surrounded by family and friends, said the friend, Alex Hitz.

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[Gonzo]

No this is a shame. He was one of my favorites. :(
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[kansas hawk]

man that sucks i never knew he was sick RIP man I was a big fan

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[Crush]

What? That fucking sucks.

[Bane]

No this is a shame. He was one of my favorites. :(
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I thought he was a pretty good actor as well......But.......................:shake:

[Hammock Parties]

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[KChiefs1]

That's 2....Gary Coleman & Dennis Hopper.

Who's next?

[milkman]

That's 2....Gary Coleman & Dennis Hopper.

Who's next?

That's 3.

Art Linkletter.

[KChiefs1]

Forgot about Linkletter.

[cdcox]

That's 2....Gary Coleman & Dennis Hopper.

Who's next?

Someone with the initials of I E, if the pattern holds.

[Hammock Parties]

Dennis Hopper to mortal plane:

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/01/22/dennis-hopper-easy-rider-bird.jpg

[Bugeater]

That's 3.

Art Linkletter.
That doesn't count because no one under the age of 80 knows who the hell he was.

[FAX]

Crap. Sad news. A true Hollywood icon. I met him a couple of times and he was a very intelligent, funny, pleasant, sophisticated guy.

May God welcome you with open arms and a fat doobie, D.

FAX

[Hammock Parties]

Apparently he was kind of a dick.

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic "Easy Rider," died on Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer, a friend told Reuters. Hopper was 74.

The hard-living screen icon died at 8:15 a.m. PT, surrounded by family and friends, said the friend, Alex Hitz.

The two-time Oscar nominee, who appeared in more than 100 films, last March got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, saying he came to Hollywood from his native Kansas at 18, "so that was my college."

"Everything I’ve learned, I’ve learned from Hollywood," he said. "This has been my home and my schooling."

In a wildly varied career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" in the 1950s and played maniacs in such films as "Apocalypse Now," "Blue Velvet" and "Speed."

He received two Oscar nominations — for writing "EasyRider" (with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern), and for a rare heartwarming turn as an alcoholic high-school basketball coach in the 1986 drama "Hoosiers."

"Easy Rider," regarded is one of the greatest films of American cinema, helped usher in a new era in which the old Hollywood guard was forced to cede power to young filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

The low-budget blockbuster, originally conceived by Fonda, introduced mainstream moviegoers to pot-smoking, cocaine-dealing, long-haired bikers.

"We'd gone through the whole '60s and nobody had made a film about anybody smoking grass without going out and killing a bunch of nurses," Hopper told Entertainment Weekly in 2005. "I wanted 'Easy Rider' to be a time capsule for people about that period."

Hopper and Fonda were joined on screen by a then-unknown Jack Nicholson as an alcoholic lawyer, but it was not a harmonious set. Hopper clashed violently with everyone and Fonda later described him as a "little fascist freak." Their friendship was destroyed.

Hopper fell ill last September. He continued working almost to the very end, both on his cable TV series "Crash" and on a book showcasing his photography. But his final months were also consumed by a bitter divorce battle with his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy.

Indeed, his private life was never dull. His marriages included an eight-day union in 1970 with Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas, who later told Vanity Fair that she was subjected to "excruciating" treatment.

Hopper is survived by four children.

[RNR]

A life lived full RIP~

[Hammock Parties]

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[bevischief]

1 more to go, Gary last night.
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[stevieray]

Crap. Sad news. A true Hollywood icon. I met him a couple of times and he was a very intelligent, funny, pleasant, sophisticated guy.

May God welcome you with open arms and a fat doobie, D.

FAX

I met him once in Denver, ddin't draw attention to him....he was really cool. and smaller than I expected...told him about seeing Easy Rder at the drive in ...I had just started riding motorcycles after that movie came out...He wrote and directed ER and gave Jack huge exposure.

I know Ii'm not the only one who had that poster on my wall.

Rest in Peace Denny, you were one of a kind.... your role in Hoosiers and True Romance scene are epic

[Ugly Duck]

Always a watchable actor. Like FAX said, I always got the impression that he was a very bright guy with an insightful understanding of the world around him... kinda like a Hannibal Lecter minus the appetite for human flesh...

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[Valiant]

King Koopa finally caught up with him..

[ChiefJustice]

"Heineken?!....fuck that shit.Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

RIP neighbor

[Buck]

Jose Lima was the first of the Trifecta.

[SnakeXJones]

Damn I loved Hopper just a great actor :( RIP

[DrRyan]

Wish there were more of his caliber making movies today. The scene in True Romance is one of my favorite scenes in any movie.

RIP Clifford Worley
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[Fairplay]

1 more to go, Gary last night.
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And Britney Murpheys husband doesn't count.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

RIP

[gblowfish]

One of my all time favorites. Very Sad.
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[notorious]

Dodge City hasn't had a whole lot of good come out of it since the Old West.



Dennis Hopper was one of the good things. RIP

[KC native]

what chu talkiin' bout dennis?

[blazzin311]

Damn, this really sucks...he was one bad ass bad guy. A great actor, often misunderstood, but enjoyed by so many. How sad it it that another one of the great ones has left us. He was definitely one of my favorites. RIP Mr. Dennis Hopper!

[Pitt Gorilla]

Hardy Nickerson!

Edit: Found the clip.

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[blaise]

Too bad. He's one of my all time favorites.

[HemiEd]

RIP Dennis! Easy Rider changed my life, built a Chopper shortly after that and wanted to live the same life. Hard to believe he is gone.

[wazu]

Apparently he was kind of a dick.

Nope. I have a friend who was in one of his lesser-known movies. Said he was a great guy. I trust her opinion over a Fonda proclaiming him a "fascist".

[Demonpenz]

I used to love him in those shoe commercials
HARDY NICKERSON MAN>>>BAD THING MAN

[Demonpenz]

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[Buehler445]

Damn. He was a good one.

[TIED5573]

Yeah, and the one with Junior Seau. Classic. Another Kansas boy done good. Gone but not forgotten.

[cardken]

One of the greats. He will be missed. Tribute watch "Flashback" or my personal favorite in his Oscar winning preformance in "Hoosiers."

[KcMizzou]

He was awesome in "True Romance".

[salame]

he was koopa man

[AirForceChief]

He was awesome in "True Romance".

His death scene in that flick is one of Tarantino's best written. Love that movie. Also loved Hopper in Apocolypse Now...frenetic.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Feck FTW!!!!

[ModSocks]

Damn, why the fuck haven't I heard about this?

That sucks...that guy kicked ass

[gblowfish]

I like this one:

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