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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsActor Bill Paxton passes away at 61
from surgery complications.
http://people.com/movies/bill-paxton-dead-complications-surgery-age-61/
so many great movies, and just started a new TV series. very sad.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)to his family.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)theaocp
(4,244 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)And he was in Apollo 13. And I just remembered True Lies as the car salesman, funny as hell.
Very sad.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)That, and the "We're fucked! We're doomed!" line from Aliens when he actually blew drool.
Loved Bill Paxton - one of my favorite actors.
Mendocino
(7,506 posts)He played Simon, the very sleazy used car salesman who posed as a spy.
Siwsan
(26,291 posts)lavenderdiva
(10,726 posts)My favorite Bill Paxton movie. With Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda.
I always enjoyed his work. RIP.
Botany
(70,582 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)meadowlander
(4,402 posts)My first cat was called Hudson
MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)Our client was good friends with Bill. Bill was from Fort Worth were I have lived for a very very very long time.
Here's a pic of him at the last public event JFK held (Fort Worth) before going to Dallas where he was murdered. Bill is the kid on someone's shoulders.
He will be missed.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He was one of the most underrated great actors ever!
Twister is when he became a star in his own right. He was really a good actor.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)I think he had the kind of career that many actors long for. He worked consistently for decades, getting many different kinds of roles. He wasn't super wealthy by Hollywood standards, but his family was certainly comfortable and he was able to live a normal, laid back life.