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R. Lee Ermey Passed Away
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Posted on 04/15/2018 4:31:28 PM PDT by musicman
Statement from R. Lee Ermey's long time manager, Bill Rogin:
It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Ermey ("The Gunny") passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. He will be greatly missed by all of us.
Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; braking; breaking; deatb; death; ermey; gunny; marines; oassing; obituary; passing; rleeermey; usmarines; veterans
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To: Pontiac
The story is that Kubrick had him come in and free form/ ad lib DI phrases and lingo for about 2 hours or so. He handed the tape over to the writers, and most of the Gunny’s lines in FMJ were writen directly from what he said.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:14:11 PM PDT
by
Turbo Pig
(To close with and destroy....)
To: musicman
R.I.P., sir. Thanks.
love
Condolences to family and friends.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:15:13 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Paine in the Neck
To: eddie willers
Ill raise a toast to him tonight.
To: musicman
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:18:43 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: musicman
To: musicman
Loved Gunny Ermey.
Semper Fi Gunny!
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:20:11 PM PDT
by
MountainDad
(A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
To: musicman
one of the best DI portrayals of all time. RIP.
To: musicman
I saw that. I hate that. RIP Gunny!
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:23:47 PM PDT
by
Dawgreg
To: musicman
One of the top 5 best actors out there, and more importantly, a fine marine.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:24:32 PM PDT
by
Neoliberalnot
(MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
To: colorado tanker
Dittos to that. (The ‘Mail Call’ out takes video is as funny as it gets also.) R.I.P. Gunny.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:27:40 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: musicman
My GLOCKs are in mourning.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:30:32 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
To: Don Corleone
Enlisted at age 17 in 1961. Medically discharged in 1972.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:32:17 PM PDT
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: xtargeter
Ermey, who was an NRA board member, said at the time that his association with the organization and his disapproval of President Obama cost him acting jobs.
“Do you realize I have not done a movie in five to six years? Why? Because I was totally blackballed by the ... liberals in Hollywood,” he alleged. “They can destroy you. They’re hateful people [who] don’t just not like you, they want to take away your livelihood ... that’s why I live up in the desert on a dirt road ... I don’t have to put up with their crap.”
To: musicman
I don’t think he ever recovered from when he bashed B.Hussein Obama and Hollywood blacklisted him destroying his career.
To: Bonemaker
And my father was telling me that yet again Hitlery fell and broke another bone. This woman is breaking more bones in a month than Evel Knievel in his entire career and still she lives.
To: bravo whiskey
My GLOCKs are in mourning. My Glock jumped up and demanded I take it out to the playground ASAP.
I'll rip off 21 AIMED shots in Gunny's honor.
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posted on
04/15/2018 6:01:56 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Pontiac
have always wondered how much he was involved in writing his lines for the movie.
From what I understand, Stanley Kubrick let R. Lee improvise a lot of his dialog in 'Full Metal Jacket'.
Kubrick didn't understand all of R. Lee's dialog like the line about "having the common courtesy to give a reach around". Kubrick had to be told what that line was about.
In any case, RIP Gunny. You will be missed.
To: musicman
Sad day. God Speed, Gunny.
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posted on
04/15/2018 6:22:25 PM PDT
by
JME_FAN
To: musicman
weird. i just watched full metal jacket last night for the first time in decades ...
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posted on
04/15/2018 6:27:05 PM PDT
by
catnipman
( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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