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R.I.P. Dennis Hopper

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Sat May 29, 2010 at 01:23:31 PM EST
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Dennis Hopper, 74, has lost his battle with cancer. RIP.

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    R.I.P. Dennis Hopper | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    Goodbye, Mr. Hopper. (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by jeffinalabama on Sat May 29, 2010 at 03:03:19 PM EST
    "Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean, sometimes he'll, uh, well, you'll say "Hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you, and he won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say "Do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you'..." - I mean, I'm no, I can't - I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's, he's a great man. I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas - I mean -..."

    RIP Dennis (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ellie on Sat May 29, 2010 at 02:37:27 PM EST
    Damn, I thought it looked like he could win that battle.

    Farewell to a multi-talented artist and exceptional photographer.

    (Great choice of song, Jeralyn.)

    Yeah (none / 0) (#2)
    by squeaky on Sat May 29, 2010 at 02:40:52 PM EST
    Great actor, in many great films.  

    He will be missed. RIP

    They broke the mould on him (none / 0) (#4)
    by scribe on Sat May 29, 2010 at 04:04:08 PM EST
    and he will be missed.

    RIP.

    Dennis' portrayal of Frank Booth (none / 0) (#5)
    by jondee on Sat May 29, 2010 at 04:51:37 PM EST
    in Blue Velvet took unhinged malevolence to a new, surreal level..I think he said at the time that the role was easy for him to do because he WAS Frank Booth. He was also wonderful in the role of the alcoholic father - assistant basketball coach opposite Gene Hackman in Hoosiers..

    RIP Dennis

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    Yeah (none / 0) (#8)
    by squeaky on Sat May 29, 2010 at 09:53:58 PM EST
    After three people turned it down. Must have of been the other three said, that part was written for Dennis Hopper.

    I think Hopper was right.

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    easy (none / 0) (#6)
    by jharp on Sat May 29, 2010 at 08:58:34 PM EST
    Beautiful. I really enjoyed that. Thanks.

    And I've never watched Easy Rider(I'm nearly 50). What a loser I am.

    Not A Loser, but Lucky (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by squeaky on Sat May 29, 2010 at 09:36:40 PM EST
    Because you get to see it for the first time, what a rush.

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    Bet! Bet! Babalugats! (none / 0) (#9)
    by Rojas on Sun May 30, 2010 at 08:45:14 AM EST
    Mah boy say he kin eat fifty eggs, he'll eat fifty eggs.

    I'm not sure Dennis had a single line in that movie, but he developed that character! RIP

    R.I.P. Dennis Hopper | 9 comments (9 topical)

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