# Bill Paxton died
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 26, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828 "2017-02-26T15:45:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/1 "2017-02-26T15:45:31Z")
He was 61
probably best known for the show Big Love
[Bill Paxton Dead: Actor Dies of Surgery Complications](http://people.com/movies/bill-paxton-dead-complications-surgery-age-61/)
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/2 "2017-02-26T15:49:26Z")
He finally found a way out of this chicken-shit outfit.
RIP
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/3 "2017-02-26T15:50:12Z")
Ddamn. Rip Mr. Paxton. You totally fucking rocked!
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/4 "2017-02-26T15:50:34Z")
Game over, Man!
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### Author:  [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/5 "2017-02-26T15:54:40Z")
Only actor ever killed by the Alien, the Terminator, and the Predator.
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/6 "2017-02-26T16:00:38Z")
He was in the crowd at age 8 when JFK was killed. The museum on the killing has a picture of him there.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/7 "2017-02-26T16:10:04Z")
RIP
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/8 "2017-02-26T16:11:30Z")
Yeah… Game over, man. For the last time. RIP…
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/9 "2017-02-26T16:18:10Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> Only actor ever killed by the Alien, the Terminator, and the Predator.
And the Titanic.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/10 "2017-02-26T16:18:21Z")
☹
What a career he had. RIP Bill.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/11 "2017-02-26T16:27:50Z")
Whoa. What a great character in so many movies.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/12 "2017-02-26T16:29:42Z")
He also got space sick on _Apollo 13_.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/13 "2017-02-26T16:47:00Z")
Even Wyatt is sad at the passing of his asshole older brother, Chet (“You two donkey-dicks couldn’t get laid in a morgue.”)
That said, best known for _Big Love_? Seriously, with the career Mr. Paxton had long before and continued to have after _Big Love_? When I personally think of his career, _Big Love_, which I never watched, doesn’t even flit at the corners of my mind. I wonder what this does for his current series, _Training Day_?
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### Author:  [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/14 "2017-02-26T16:57:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> And the Titanic.
Well, technically he was killed by the ice berg causing the ship to sink.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/15 "2017-02-26T17:27:55Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#):
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> Well, technically he was killed by the ice berg causing the ship to sink.
Even more technically, he isn’t killed by the Titanic at all, his character being in the modern day segments of the film.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/16 "2017-02-26T17:30:50Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> Even more technically, he isn’t killed by the Titanic at all, his character being in the modern day segments of the film.
Point taken!
It has been a long time since I saw that, when it originally hit the theater, I confused him with Billy Zane
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/17 "2017-02-26T17:41:31Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> That said, best known for _Big Love_? Seriously, with the career Mr. Paxton had long before and continued to have after _Big Love_? When I personally think of his career, _Big Love_, which I never watched, doesn’t even flit at the corners of my mind. I wonder what this does for his current series, _Training Day_?
This. For me _Frailty_, 2001, which he directed and starred in, will always be one of the films I remember him for.
Sad sad loss.
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/18 "2017-02-26T17:44:33Z")
Goddammit. I liked him.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/19 "2017-02-26T17:46:11Z")
Can someone explain how he was in some many movies? Looking at his filmography, he was usually in more than 1 per year, often 3.
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/20 "2017-02-26T17:49:40Z")
He was great in “[A simple Plan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324/)"
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