R.i.p 2010

[roshiq]

Diff'rent Strokes was also a very popular show in here at mid 80's. RIP Gary Coleman.

[missmacabre]

Dennis Hopper now too? Died of cancer at age 74.

[_____V_____]

Yes, it is confirmed.


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 "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.


R.I.P.

[fuglystick]

Damn. Dennis Hopper was a true icon, in a time when that designation gets applied far too liberally to people who don't deserve it.

And Gary Coleman--he is an easy target of the stupid and lazy, both in life and death, but the man was dealt many a poor hand and played them, sometimes well, sometimes not as well, and he played them better than most of his detractors would have.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

another great actor gone.

fugly: explain to me why I should care that gary coleman is dead? because he had a hard life? because he used to be in a television show a long time ago? if you can give me a good reason to care about his death I totally will, promise.

I'm waiting.

[TheWickerFan]

R.I.P. Dennis Hopper. We'll miss you.

[fuglystick]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

another great actor gone.

fugly: explain to me why I should care that gary coleman is dead? because he had a hard life? because he used to be in a television show a long time ago? if you can give me a good reason to care about his death I totally will, promise.

I'm waiting.

I've got you on ignore, but I'll humor you just this once--

You don't have to give a shit. Taking pot shots at a dead man (or his wife), though, who didn't die as a result of pathetic "poor me" substance abuse or suicide, is a sign of immaturity. But whatever it takes to make you look "clever" in front of your peers, princess.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by fuglystick

I've got you on ignore, but I'll humor you just this once--

You don't have to give a shit. Taking pot shots at a dead man (or his wife), though, who didn't die as a result of pathetic "poor me" substance abuse or suicide, is a sign of immaturity. But whatever it takes to make you look "clever" in front of your peers, princess.

so it's ok to make fun of people when they are alive, but you have to stop when they die?

the best thing gary coleman ever gave me was laughs at his expense.

[nightmare_of _death]

RIP Dennis Hopper

all these great icons dropping like flies all at once. whats up with that

[TheWickerFan]

Originally Posted by fuglystick

I've got you on ignore, but I'll humor you just this once--

You don't have to give a shit. Taking pot shots at a dead man (or his wife), though, who didn't die as a result of pathetic "poor me" substance abuse or suicide, is a sign of immaturity. But whatever it takes to make you look "clever" in front of your peers, princess.

So it's okay to take pot shots at someone who died of a drug overdose or commited suicide? That seems inconsistent.
If you have a problem with someone making light or poking fun of someone who died, that should apply to all people regardless of the circumstances behind their death.