# Dennis Hopper dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207 "2010-05-29T17:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/1 "2010-05-29T17:27:31Z")
[Link](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37414779/ns/today-entertainment/). Just ran across that article. What a bummer, I liked his work quite a bit. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/2 "2010-05-29T17:36:26Z")
I guess that makes his retirement-planning commercials ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/3 "2010-05-29T17:38:12Z")
Ffs can we just have all the cool people stop dying this year already plz k thx ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/4 "2010-05-29T17:38:48Z")
The dude died years ago; the drug residue has kept him from falling down. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/5 "2010-05-29T17:41:59Z")
First Coleman, now Hopper. Who’s going to be the third? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/6 "2010-05-29T17:42:35Z")
Artist, iconoclast, misogynist, freak, American, man. The breed has died a little more with his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/7 "2010-05-29T17:45:18Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Artist, iconoclast, misogynist, freak, American, man. The breed has died a little more with his passing. Indeed. His characters were always interesting. I loved his delivery. I wish we could bring him back, but… ‘Zombies freak me out, man.’ ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/8 "2010-05-29T17:46:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The dude died years ago; the drug residue has kept him from falling down. I’m not a fan, but could you at least wait until there is a grave to piss on? ---
**Author:** ![cardsfan1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cardsfan1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardsfan1975)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/9 "2010-05-29T17:58:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > First Coleman, now Hopper. Who’s going to be the third? I’d say Hopper is the third when you consider Art Linkletter. cf’75 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/10 "2010-05-29T18:11:01Z")
The _Rebel Without A Cause_ herd is thinned a little more. Not many of them left now. It looks like [Buzz](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001904/) may be among the few still with us. Hopper was always a “do it your own way” type of actor and I have enjoyed most of his roles. I think _Hoosiers_ may have been his best work, but I mentioned the scene he and Walken had in _True Romance_ just the other day in the “perfect scenes” thread. I typed that before even checking [Filmography by rating for Dennis Hopper](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/filmorate) to see how IMDb’s voters rank his movies and other work. I had no idea he had had 125 roles! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/11 "2010-05-29T18:12:15Z")
> [@cardsfan1975](#): > > I’d say Hopper is the third when you consider Art Linkletter. > > cf’75 And isn’t that a surreal trio? Which of these things is not like the others… um, all three? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/12 "2010-05-29T18:20:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And isn’t that a surreal trio? Which of these things is not like the others… um, all three? Well, you could connect Linklater and Coleman, 'cause Arnold the kid did say the darnedest thing. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/13 "2010-05-29T18:22:30Z")
Looks like Old Nick has got another drinking partner. Give him hell, Dennis! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/14 "2010-05-29T18:28:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > First Coleman, now Hopper. Who’s going to be the third? Art Linkletter? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/15 "2010-05-29T18:30:59Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > I’m not a fan, but could you at least wait until there is a grave to piss on? I’m a fan. I’m not pissing on anything. You, however, are. I guess I should use a smiley for the humor-impaired. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/16 "2010-05-29T18:40:46Z")
> [@cardsfan1975](#): > > I’d say Hopper is the third when you consider Art Linkletter. > > cf’75 Art Linkletter . . . Gary Coleman . . . Dennis Hopper. My brain cannot focus on these three at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/17 "2010-05-29T18:51:07Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Well, you could connect Linkletter and Coleman, 'cause Arnold the kid did say the darnedest things. And Hopper is connected, because dope _does_ the darnedest things . . . ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/18 "2010-05-29T19:21:22Z")
Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper were in something called [An American Carol](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190617/). (Nope, never heard of it myself.) Lot’s of “stars” in small roles apparently. According to The Oracle of Bacon, you have Dennis Hopper in _The Story of Mankind (1957)_ with Marie Wilson who was in _Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman (1950)_ with Art Linkletter. They also give another route for Gary Coleman in _Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)_ with Paul Petersen who was in _Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America’s Favorite Family (1998)_ with Art Linkletter. Simon Monjack is hardly in the same category of connectedness. Boy, was Gary Coleman in some crappy stuff or what? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/19 "2010-05-29T19:43:47Z")
[What are they going to say about him?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAixFYnDh4) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207/20 "2010-05-29T20:37:00Z")
RIP, Dennis. You were sooooo… fuckin’… suave!!! I haven’t seen all of his films, but of the ones I have I liked him best in _TRUE ROMANCE_ and _FLASHBACK_, and of course _BLUE VELVET_. From the tabloid headlines this is going to be one nasty estate to settle. He had filed for divorce from his wife but they were still living together, though I’m guessing he cut her out of the will which is going to be bloody in and of itself since they have a young child. To complicate matters his illness, bad investments, alimony and child support to his last wife and their kids, expensive lifestyle and not earning as much as he used to had left him essentially broke _cashwise_, but he has one of the most valuable art collections in Hollywood (he’s been collecting for as long as he’s been acting) that if liquidated in a good market would make his estate very large, but always the chance he left it to a museum plus the art market is volatile in the best of economies, so you can bet that’s going to get interesting. I see some probate lawyers getting rich but his family getting little. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-hopper-dies/541207.md?page=2)