Peter Fonda, star of 'Easy Rider', dead at 79

[BetteDavisEyes]

Peter Fonda, star of 'Easy Rider,' dead at 79

The actor and director died from respiratory failure due to lung cancer.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

I’m sorry to read this. Ride easy, Peter. RIP

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

‘Easy Rider’ star and writer Peter Fonda has died at 79

Los Angeles – Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider,” has died. His family said in a statement that Fonda died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79.

The official cause of death was respiratory failure due to lung cancer...

 

[Keine Engel]

R.I.P. Wyatt

 

[gregjrichards]

May Peter Fonda Rest In Peace. Sincere condolences to all his loved ones.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Turner Classic Movies - TCM.com

Peter Fonda (1940-2019)

Possessing his father's piercing blue eyes, Peter Fonda also inherited his old man's talent, but not the same level of drive and commitment that passed on to older sister Jane. Still, the stubbornness and tenacity that enabled the black sheep of the Fonda acting dynasty to fashion an iconic career as the quintessential 1960s "hippie," also kept him focused into the 21st Century, where, long after Jane's "retirement," he continued to come into his own as an actor of quiet restraint to rival even his famously taciturn father. For many, he would always be Captain America, the spaced-out cat in "Easy Rider" (1969), the low-budget motorbikes-and-drugs road movie that perfectly captured the Zeitgeist of its day and made Fonda, as producer, "filthy rich." To another younger generation, he was simply Bridget Fonda's dad, but there were still chapters yet to be written, having survived the classic "dysfunctional" family and putting the substance abuse of his youth behind him...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight (Sunday, September 15) on TCM: Tribute to Peter Fonda

8:00 PM Ulee's Gold (1997)

10:00 PM Easy Rider (1969)