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Actor Roy Scheider dies at 75
UPI ^ | 10th February 2008 | UPI

Posted on 02/10/2008 7:24:47 PM PST by the scotsman

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Actor Roy Scheider, the star of such films as "Jaws" and "All That Jazz," died Sunday at 75 in Little Rock, Ark., his wife told The New York Times.

Scheider, who lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y., died of complications from a staph infection, Brenda Scheider told the newspaper. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma.

Scheider came to prominence in such '70s films as "Klute" and "The French Connection" -- for which he earned an Oscar nomination as Buddy Russo, the partner of police Detective Popeye Doyle, played by Gene Hackman.

Scheider may have been best known as the resort town police chief in the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws."

Scheider was born in 1932 in Orange, N.J. He earned a history degree from Franklin and Marshall College and then served three years in the U.S. Air Force

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KEYWORDS: bluethunder; detective; films; hollywood; jaws; movies; mrsa; obituary; staphinfection; superbugs
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Oh my.

RIP Mr. Scheider.


41 posted on 02/10/2008 8:04:15 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: umgud
I know what you mean. It was years before I could ever get back in the water. When I did I could still see SHARKS everywhere. lol!
42 posted on 02/10/2008 8:04:15 PM PST by kcvl
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To: the scotsman

I’m the first to post this? Alright, here goes:

Already posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968282/posts


43 posted on 02/10/2008 8:06:02 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: the scotsman

Liked him best in 2010: The year We Make Contact.
Loved that film. He really made the character Heywood Floyd stand out.

Too bad. RIP.


44 posted on 02/10/2008 8:06:25 PM PST by mkleesma
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To: the scotsman

Liked him best in 2010: The year We Make Contact.
Loved that film. He really made the character Heywood Floyd stand out.

Too bad. RIP.


45 posted on 02/10/2008 8:06:27 PM PST by mkleesma
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To: kcvl

oh dear.


46 posted on 02/10/2008 8:11:59 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: the scotsman

RIP Roy, a good guy from Jersey.


47 posted on 02/10/2008 8:12:35 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Dengar01
  Isn’t he the Captain in Seaquest?

Yep. Link to IMDB's page on Seaquest DSV here.
48 posted on 02/10/2008 8:16:26 PM PST by Mike-o-Matic
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To: the scotsman

May his reward in Heaven be greatly enriched for all the entertainment he gave us.

Prayers for his family.


49 posted on 02/10/2008 8:22:32 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: the scotsman
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The Seven Ups was a good movie too...RIP Roy

50 posted on 02/10/2008 8:28:36 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: the scotsman
On a sales call about a dozen years ago in midtown Manhattan, I stepped into an elevator carrying Roy Scheider. He was as brown as a nut and just about as tiny.

God rest his soul.

51 posted on 02/10/2008 8:47:22 PM PST by Oratam
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To: Reagan Man

I thought he died years ago....


52 posted on 02/10/2008 8:48:15 PM PST by MHT
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To: antiRepublicrat

JAFO


53 posted on 02/10/2008 8:48:25 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: the scotsman
" And as an American and an ex-veteran, isnt that his free right?."

True enough, just like it's my right to dislike him for it. Still liked his work though.

54 posted on 02/10/2008 9:00:18 PM PST by hometoroost (...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo)
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To: the scotsman

Multiple myeloma killed my mother in 1985. A very bad deal. The last time I saw him he did not look well. I suspect he had the disease even then. Sorry to hear of his passing.


55 posted on 02/10/2008 9:00:35 PM PST by RichardW
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To: the scotsman

2010 The Year We Make Contact


56 posted on 02/10/2008 9:16:18 PM PST by DogandPonyShow (America, the Light of the World.)
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To: the scotsman
So what?

Protesting a military action while troops are in the field demoralizes the troops, wouldn't you say?

Actually, I don't care what you say. Just don't say it to me.

57 posted on 02/10/2008 9:24:43 PM PST by LouAvul
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To: PackerBoy

I loved his acting in All That Jazz, based on the life of Bob Fossi. He was very good at his trade.


58 posted on 02/10/2008 9:28:07 PM PST by flaglady47 (Space for rent: seeking new candidate tagline that will last more than 1 week)
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To: the scotsman

RIP

Enjoyed him in several movies, but especially Jaws.


59 posted on 02/10/2008 9:36:20 PM PST by SecAmndmt
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To: the scotsman

His best was “All That Jazz.” I never was into dancing, etc. (although my wife was) but I went to that movie because of her and absolutely loved it - because of him, not her.


60 posted on 02/10/2008 9:49:36 PM PST by MarkT
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