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Airwolf star Jan-Michael Vincent dies aged 74 after suffering cardiac arrest
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 8, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 03/08/2019 8:25:55 AM PST by C19fan

Jan-Michael Vincent, 1980s TV heartthrob and star of Airwolf, has died.

The actor passed away last month, on February 10, after suffering a cardiac arrest at a North Carolina hospital. He was 74.

TMZ, who obtained the death certificate, reports that no autopsy was performed and the star was later cremated.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: airwolf; hollywood; janmichaelvincent; obituary; tv
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I used to be a regular watcher of "Airwolf". He also starred in the miniseries "The Winds of War". His acting career was sabotaged by his personal demons.
1 posted on 03/08/2019 8:25:55 AM PST by C19fan
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I didn’t even know he was still alive.
I remember he had a ton of health issues....


2 posted on 03/08/2019 8:27:07 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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Poor fellow.

RIP.


3 posted on 03/08/2019 8:28:15 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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Alcohol, drugs and time sure took their toll on him:


4 posted on 03/08/2019 8:29:23 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I honestly thought he had died years ago of a drug overdose or something. I must have read more into that story than was there.


5 posted on 03/08/2019 8:29:24 AM PST by cuban leaf
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Yeah, he was in a ton of stuff. Damnation Alley was a cool movie at the time


6 posted on 03/08/2019 8:29:56 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

He was in a near fatal car wreck, IIRC.................


7 posted on 03/08/2019 8:30:20 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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OMG. Talk about taking a toll. He looks worse than 40 miles of bad road.


8 posted on 03/08/2019 8:31:33 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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Such a prominent actor at one time to die in near-obscurity, we’re just hearing about it nearly a month after the fact. Really sad. The wording of the article makes it sound as if his third wife was supporting him, says he was “living with” her, in North Carolina apparently.

RIP, Jan-Michael Vincent.


9 posted on 03/08/2019 8:33:08 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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You’d think residuals, royalties and a screen actors guild pension would have kept him in better stead, he has a huge untreated cataract in that photo. What the heck was going on? He should have had sufficient income to live comfortably, certainly in North Carolina if not California.


10 posted on 03/08/2019 8:35:16 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: C19fan

I always enjoyed him & Burt Reynolds in “Hooper”

11 posted on 03/08/2019 8:35:17 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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I, too, was a regular viewer of Airwolf. Jan-Michael Vincent had quite a rough patch in his life.


12 posted on 03/08/2019 8:35:30 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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My favorite w him was The Mechanic with Charles Bronson


13 posted on 03/08/2019 8:35:46 AM PST by montag813 ("This is Montag, Block 813...")
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To: C19fan

RIP

Liked that show as a kid.


14 posted on 03/08/2019 8:36:25 AM PST by mowowie
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White Line Fever


15 posted on 03/08/2019 8:36:45 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
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Big Wednesday and Disney’s The Worlds Greatest Athlete


16 posted on 03/08/2019 8:38:37 AM PST by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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Interview from about 3 years ago starts at about the 2:12 mark. Very sad.

The Rise and Fall of Jan-Michael | Studio 10

17 posted on 03/08/2019 8:38:45 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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How he managed to live that long, I have no idea!
18 posted on 03/08/2019 8:39:55 AM PST by equaviator
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

I remember him from “The Mechanic” with Charles Bronson.


19 posted on 03/08/2019 8:40:41 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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Not too long ago there was a brief segment on the Rick & Morty cartoon about Jan Michael Vincent. It is NSFW violent and some bad language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLB4dU3Yc6M


20 posted on 03/08/2019 8:43:17 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Old people ought to be bumped off when their usefulness is done." -- Eleanor Roosevelt)
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