Bill Paxton is gone
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| William "Bill" Paxton May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017 |
One of those character actors I've enjoyed over the years has passed Saturday due to complications from surgery.
William "Bill" Paxton, American actor, director, and all around great guy will not be gracing the big or small screens with anymore of his superb thespian abilities and for this I am truly sorry.
He first caught my eye as the punk thug in The Terminator. His next impact upon me personally was his portrayal of Hudson in Aliens with his hopeless wail of "Game over man !" ... and of course the mouthy cop in Predator 2.
I also watched him in Twister and thought that it was an interesting foray into real science and I was shocked by the entirety of the miniseries Hatfields and McCoys for it's stark realism.
Anyway all of that enjoyment to which I once could be looking forward with each successive piece of new work he would undertake is now yet another of those "what if's" and "if onlys" I'll likely consider later on.
Shucks ya'll. Rest in peace.