# RIP - Peter Fonda Dead at 79 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [August 16, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771 "2019-08-16T22:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/1 "2019-08-16T22:57:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Two-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act about three decades earlier in “Ulee’s Gold,” died on Friday from lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. > > His sister Jane Fonda said in a statement, “I am very sad. He was my sweet-hearted baby brother. The talker of the family. I have had beautiful alone time with him these last days. He went out laughing.” > **[Peter Fonda, Star of ‘Easy Rider,’ Dies at 79](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/peter-fonda-dead-star-of-easy-rider-ulees-gold-dies-at-79-1203305078/)** > > Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in seminal 1969 road movie "Easy Rider," died on Monday. I liked him in Easy Rider. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/2 "2019-08-16T22:59:58Z")
Sad, but excellent username/post combo. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/3 "2019-08-16T23:03:10Z")
He wasn’t born to follow…RIP, Mr Fonda. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/4 "2019-08-16T23:13:47Z")
Smooth roads, Captain America. _ **Captain America:** [to the Stranger] Yeah, I’m, I’m hip about time. But I just gotta go._ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/5 "2019-08-16T23:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Peter Fonda … became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act **about three decades earlier** in “Ulee’s Gold"… Peter Fonda: time traveler. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/6 "2019-08-16T23:34:05Z")
Now he knows what it’s like to be dead… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/7 "2019-08-16T23:50:54Z")
All 3 writers of _Easy Rider_ are gone now and only Jack is left of the stars. > [@Stephe96](#): > > Now he knows what it’s like to be dead… What? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/8 "2019-08-16T23:52:29Z")
A coincidence, Arte TV just showed the Woodstock film, and now “Easy Rider” is about to start. Although I OUGHT to like it, after having seen it at least three times, I never really got into the movie. Maybe I have to try again. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/9 "2019-08-16T23:55:42Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > All 3 writers of _Easy Rider_ are gone now and only Jack is left of the stars. > > What? Fonda famously inspired John Lennon to write “She Said She Said” at a party by repeatedly saying “I know what it’s like to be dead!” while tripping on acid. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/10 "2019-08-16T23:58:19Z")
I saw Ulee’s Gold in the theater and he was great in it. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/11 "2019-08-17T00:02:35Z")
He joined an interesting collection of famous people. [ul]Babe Ruth[_]Bela Lugosi[_]Admiral Halsey[_]Elvis Presley[_]Idi AminAretha Franklin[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/12 "2019-08-17T01:10:48Z")
[quote=“Skywatcher, post:11, topic:838771”] He joined an interesting collection of famous people. [ul]Babe Ruth[li]Bela Lugosi[_]Admiral Halsey[_]Elvis Presley[_]Idi Amin[_]Aretha Franklin[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] I got the “She said” reference, but not this one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/13 "2019-08-17T01:24:51Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I got the “She said” reference, but not this one. They all died August 16th. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/14 "2019-08-17T01:29:35Z")
Oh wow, I guess everyone’s gotta go sometime. RIP Peter Fonda, you did this world a lotta good! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/15 "2019-08-17T02:30:25Z")
He was excellent in The Limey. RIP. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771/16 "2019-08-17T06:24:35Z")
[quote=“Skywatcher, post:11, topic:838771”] He joined an interesting collection of famous people. [ul]Babe Ruth[li]Bela Lugosi[_]Admiral Halsey[_]Elvis Presley[_]Idi Amin[_]Aretha Franklin[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] And Margaret Mitchell. RIP, Peter.