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R. Lee Ermey, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ drill sergeant, dies
Washington Times ^
| April 15, 2018
| Victor Morton
Posted on 04/15/2018 5:25:23 PM PDT by libstripper
The Marine who became immortalized by playing a brutal drill sergeant in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” has died.
“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,” his manager Bill Rogers said in a statement posted to Mr. Ermey’s official Twitter account.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; death; ermey; hollywood; obama; rleeermey; usmc
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Prayers up for the Gunny, who really got it right in FMJ.
Even he wasn't immune to the evil fury of the Hollywood Obolaites who blackballed him after 2010 when he told the absolute truth about Obola and what he was doing to the US. Please read the article to see this.
On a personal note, it really gets to me because I'm a bit north of 75, am in nowhere the great shape Ermey was , and have still managed to outlive him. Thee Grim Reaper strikes when he will.
Prayers up for a great patriot's soul.
To: libstripper
...brutal?
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:31:26 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: libstripper
RIP for a legend. I did not know he had a role in SpongeBob Squarepants. It fits his sense of humor. Semper Fi.
To: libstripper
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:39:56 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
To: libstripper
Condolences to his family and friends.
Gunny, rest in peace...you will be missed by those who, like yourself, loved this country.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:45:48 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: Billthedrill
He was also in “Saving Silverman”.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:46:34 PM PDT
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: libstripper
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: libstripper
Best role, IMHO was not in “Full Metal Jacket” but was in “The Siege of Firebase Gloria,” the best Vietnam war movie ever made.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:50:13 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendix))
To: libstripper
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
To: libstripper
I just watched a video of D.I.’s and GySgt Emery (Retired) was one of those interviewed. He talked of drilling the young Marines in eight weeks (a very short amount of time) to go to Vietnam into combat.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:51:24 PM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: libstripper
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:56:52 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: LS
> Best role, IMHO was not in “Full Metal Jacket” but was in “The Siege of Firebase Gloria,” the best Vietnam war movie ever made.
I concur on best VN war move ever made.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:57:35 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
To: libstripper
RIP Gunny
Semper fi you made us prouder to be Marines. May the Lord keep you in the palm of His hand.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:57:46 PM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: libstripper
Drill Instructor. Marines have Drill Instructors.
R.I.P. Gunny
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:59:02 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: libstripper
Way too soon for the Gunny. I was shocked a few months ago to find out he went through boot camp a couple years after me. Would have thought he was before my time there.
There will be no replacing him.
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:59:09 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
To: LS
Apocalypse Now...
The Gunny was a chopper pilot .
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:59:35 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: libstripper
A true icon. He will be missed, but always remembered.
To: libstripper
An American ICON. He will always be remembered.
To: libstripper
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posted on
04/15/2018 6:07:32 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: LS
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posted on
04/15/2018 6:10:04 PM PDT
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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