PDA

View Full Version : Sadly, Roy Scheider dies at 75


Buxom Wench
02-11-2008, 06:05 AM
Jaws actor Roy Scheider dead at 75 (http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0211/scheiderr.html)

http://i30.tinypic.com/2ebfnlt.jpg
Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as the beleaguered police chief Martin Brody in 'Jaws', has died. He was 75.

The two-time Oscar nominee died of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Hospital spokesperson Leslie Taylor said the actor had been treated there for the disease at different times over the past two years.

New Jersey-born Scheider earned his first Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor) in 1971 for 'The French Connection'.

Eight years later he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 'All That Jazz'.


Among his other credits were 'Klute', 'Marathon Man', 'Still of the Night' and the TV adventure series 'SeaQuest DSV'.

MaidenFaeSnow
02-11-2008, 06:35 AM
Aw bummer! Ya know, it stinks...and is sorta scary in a way...that so many of the people from "our" era and prior have and are slipping away.

Alluring Alora
02-11-2008, 10:09 AM
He'll be one of those timeless figures to me. My brother SIL and I are HUGE fans of the Jaws movies, so I'll always picture him the same way:

"Smile you son-of-a-bitch!!"


I think I'll watch that AGAIN tonight.

The Wizard
02-11-2008, 10:12 AM
He was great it Blue Thunder and the Seaquest DSV series.

Andreadoria
02-11-2008, 11:22 AM
It is so sad, He was a great Actor....I loved him in All that Jazz.

"We're gonna need a bigger boat"