He was a good actor. May he RIP... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100529/people_nm/us_hopper Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic "Easy Rider," died on Saturday from complications of prostate cancer, a friend of the actor said. Hopper was 74. The hard-living screen star died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. PDT (1515 GMT), surrounded by family and friends, the friend, Alex Hitz, told Reuters. 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 "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 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.
We all knew this was coming. That pic of him a short while back of getting his star on the walk was very sad looking.
i never understood this phrase... what is the span of the 3?? don't people die all of the time? not like it's a roach trap and just a few crawl up in there at once.
Usually when celebrities die or people who you know or both combined, a lot of times, they die in 3s. I don't know, I've heard this growing up and I've also witnessed it. LOL @ roach trap
I liked Mr. Hopper. He represented that generation of the protest movement of the 1960's. May he rest in peace. Who else is going to leave us?
yea but 3 in what time span? it's not like 3 celebs died in the last week (brittany murphy hubby, d hop, and gary coleman)... and that now no celeb dies til late summer. lol i don't mean to make fun of the death thing, just sayin that phrase was never detailed enough for me to "get it." lol :smt051
No, I said Brittanys Husband. He died this week too. Usually within a few days of each other. I tried to explain it, but I guess you'll just have to believe how you believe and see things how you see them....
Dennis Hopper's speech from Apocalypse Now " Why would a nice guy like you want to kill a genius? Feeling pretty good, huh? Why? Do you know that the man really likes you? He likes you. He really likes you. But he's got something in mind for you. Aren't you curious about that? I'm curious. I'm very curious. Are you curious? There's something happening out here, man. You know something, man? I know something that you don't know. That's right, Jack. The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad. Oh, yeah. He's dying, I think. He hates all this. He hates it! But the man's a...He reads poetry out loud, all right. And a voice...he likes you because you're still alive. He's got plans for you. No, I'm not gonna help you. You're gonna help him, man. You're gonna help him. I mean, what are they gonna say when he's gone? 'Cause he dies when it dies, when it dies, he dies! What are they gonna say about him? He was a kind man? He was a wise man? He had plans? He had wisdom? Bullshit, man! And am I gonna be the one that's gonna set them straight? Look at me! Look at me! Wrong! [points to Willard] You!" When I saw Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now, he became my nicca4life.rayer: And when I heard him give this speech to Martin Sheen before he murdered Marlon Brando:smt068, my ears bled. R.I.P. Dennis. Miss you dude. And that dying in 3s, how about we put Guru in there with Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper instead of Brittany Murphy's husband(?)
Oh yeah. She's probably the third one. RIP Dennis! You'll be missed! [youtube]WqJgJtcZQHQ[/youtube] One of my all-time favorite songs is in this scene.... [youtube]bJtGCvKpEWM[/youtube]
Damn! Digging in the crates with that one.... Sings "Colors" "Colors" "Colors" "Colors" "Colors" "Colors"
ms horne absolutely...!!!! felt the loss...!!!! i've been watching dennis in crash the series (we're behind the times here) and he's just brilliant...!!!! sad news...!!!
Lena passed away a couple weeks before the others. was just looking at folk within the "in 3's" timeframe.
Here's your third, m8's.. http://www.whitewomenblackmen.com/forum/showthread.php?p=325310#post325310 By the way, Hopper was a class act..... "EASY RIDER" was one of my faves..... 5 Minutes of Silence in Honour of his Memory.. OpinionsCartoonStudios@Yahoo.Co.UK
