Quote: Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 REUTERS MAY 29, 2010 1:08 PM
Actor Dennis Hopper arrives for the the official screening of the film "Blindness" on the opening night of the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 14, 2008. Hopper has been released from a New York hospital after checking in with flu-like symptoms. File photo. Photograph by: Jean-Paul Pelissier, Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider,” died Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer, a friend told Reuters. Hopper was 74.
The hard-living screen icon died at 8:15 a.m. PDT , surrounded by family and friends, said the friend, Alex Hitz. |