Smooth said:
When and HOW did Dennis Hopper die??!?!?!!???
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30hopper.html
Dennis Hopper, whose portrayals of drug-addled, often deranged misfits in the landmark films ââ¬ÅEasy Rider,ââ¬Â ââ¬ÅApocalypse Nowââ¬Â and ââ¬ÅBlue Velvetââ¬Â drew on his early out-of-control experiences as part of a new generation of Hollywood rebel, died Saturday at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 74.
The cause was complications from metastasized prostate cancer, according to a statement issued by Alex Hitz, a family friend.
Mr. Hopper, who said he stopped drinking and using drugs in the mid-1980s, followed that change with a tireless phase of his career in which he claimed to have turned down no parts. His credits include no fewer than six films released in 2008 and at least 25 over the past 10 years.
Most recently, Mr. Hopper starred in the television series ââ¬ÅCrash,ââ¬Â an adaptation of the Oscar-winning film of the same title. Produced for the Starz cable channel, the show had Mr. Hopper portraying a music producer unhinged by years of drug use.
During a promotional tour last fall for that series, he fell ill; shortly thereafter, he began a new round of treatments for prostate cancer, which he said had been first diagnosed a decade ago.