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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Well done to those who had Dennis Hopper in Dead Pool, he's just died  "
Dam I had Prince Phillip, that old fooker will live till he is a 100, btw Dennis Hopper was a great actor, so quite sad news  |
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By *exetera OP Woman
over a year ago
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"who's dennis hopper? god the grim reaper must be on overtime this wk end!! xx "
The hard-living screen star died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice on Saturday morning surrounded by family and friends.
In a 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 films like Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet and Speed.
He received two Oscar nominations - for writing Easy Rider (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 cannabis-smoking, cocaine-dealing, long-haired bikers.
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. |
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By *exetera OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Well done to those who had Dennis Hopper in Dead Pool, he's just died
Dam I had Prince Phillip, that old fooker will live till he is a 100, btw Dennis Hopper was a great actor, so quite sad news "
He was a great actor.
It's not looking good for Ronnie Biggs either. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Very sad,a great shame.
I was only watching Easy Rider the other night.
I remember seeing it as a youngster and it was what got me into biking,I always liked his character more than Fondas.
R.I.P Dennis.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Had him in my death-pool... but having now had someone on my list drop of his perch has made me realise how sick a game it is. Don't really want to be celebrating someones death!
Sorry to see him go, but guess that puts me in equal first as I don't think I was the only person to have him! |
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By *exetera OP Woman
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"Had him in my death-pool... but having now had someone on my list drop of his perch has made me realise how sick a game it is. Don't really want to be celebrating someones death!
Sorry to see him go, but guess that puts me in equal first as I don't think I was the only person to have him! "
Think you'll find you're in th elead because Stu had points deducted for not having a under 40 yo in his list lol |
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