Dennis Hopper has been suffering from prostate cancer for some time and on Saturday, Mr. Hopper died from complications from the disease. Hopper was 74 and he will be missed.
Hopper has had a film career that spans 5 decades and he has earned 2 Oscar nominations along the way, one for writing ‘Easy Rider’ the other for his amazing performance in ‘Hoosiers’.
Although he mellowed in his later years, Hopper was one of the original wild men of Hollywood. He was quite open about his drug and alcohol abuse, he once said he snorted lines of cocaine “as long as your arm every five minutes, just so I could carry on drinking … gallons” of alcohol. Hopper was usually unpredictable and dangerous on screen with his performance in David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ a particular standout as one of his most menacing roles.
As well as an actor and director, Hopper was also a noted photographer, painter, sculptor and art collector. Hollywood will be a little emptier without him.
source: Reuters
