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'Full Metal Jacket' actor R. Lee Ermey dies at age 74 |
2018-04-16 |
[FOX] R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday morning, according to his longtime manager. He was 74. In a statement posted on Twitter, Bill Rogin said Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia. "He will be greatly missed by all of us," Rogin wrote. "Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed." A Kansas native, Ermey enlisted in the Marine Corps and age 17 and spent 14 months in Vietnam before he was discharged in 1972. He served as a technical adviser in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now," in which he also had a small role as a helicopter pilot. But Ermey didn't get his big break until eight years later, in Kubrick's own take on Vietnam. He was originally supposed to be a technical adviser, but Kubrick offered him the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman after seeing a demo tape of Emery railing at extras. In his role as a drill instructor breaking in new Marines at boot camp on Parris Island, S.C., Ermey roared his way into film history by berating his unfortunate charges. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#11 Dang. Thank you for your time Mr. Ermey. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-04-16 17:55 |
#10 The Good die young. RIP, Gunny. |
Posted by: magpie 2018-04-16 13:37 |
#9 o7 Semper Fi, Gunny. |
Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-04-16 11:59 |
#8 RIP gunny. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2018-04-16 11:35 |
#7 The real deal. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-04-16 11:30 |
#6 'Till Valhalla. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2018-04-16 09:38 |
#5 Semper Fi, Gunny. |
Posted by: Raj 2018-04-16 09:34 |
#4 I regret never having met him. RIP. Semper fi. |
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-04-16 09:00 |
#3 I have a framed autograph from the Gunny when he was the guest of honor at the Marine Corps Ball 7 years ago. Semper Fi, Gunny! |
Posted by: Mugsy Glink 2018-04-16 08:13 |
#2 Semper Fi. RIP |
Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-16 08:08 |
#1 Very good man. Among his many films he made a very good USMC training video on Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Never took a penny for it as I recall. Bound to have saved lives or gave a few people an increased awareness. Perhaps that's why he was sent to us. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-16 07:44 |