Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:46 PM

George Kennedy dies at 91; Oscar-winning 'Cool Hand Luke,' 'Airport' actor

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Source: La times

geoge Kennedy, the veteran actor who built his early career playing heavies and won an Academy Award in 1968 for his supporting role as the tough Southern prison-camp convict who grew to hero-worship Paul Newman’s defiant title character in “Cool Hand Luke,” died Sunday in Boise, Idaho, of natural causes, said his grandson Cory Schenkel. He was 91.

In a more than 50-year screen career, the deep-voiced Kennedy appeared in dozens of movies, including “The Flight of the Phoenix,” “The Sons of Katie Elder,” “The Dirty Dozen,” “Earthquake,” “Cahill United States Marshal,” “The Eiger Sanction,” “Death on the Nile,” and the “Airport” series of films.

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George Kennedy dies at 91; Oscar-winning 'Cool Hand Luke,' 'Airport' actor (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Feb 2016	OP
R.I.P.	rpannier	Feb 2016	#1
Needs this..if I may	pkdu	Feb 2016	#2
..	Liberal_in_LA	Feb 2016	#3
Thanks much...I added another too, nt	pkdu	Feb 2016	#4
RIP, I love the Naked Gun movies.	Initech	Feb 2016	#5
More here...	FailureToCommunicate	Mar 2016	#6
RIP, George Kennedy.	OnyxCollie	Mar 2016	#7
RIP George	elmac	Mar 2016	#8
What a great actor!	montana_hazeleyes	Mar 2016	#9
RIP. We Always Loved The Big Guy!	Bigredhunk	Mar 2016	#10
Great story	Liberal_in_LA	Mar 2016	#11
Dupe but he will be missed!!!	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#12
Locking...	BooScout	Mar 2016	#13

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:48 PM

rpannier (23,927 posts)

1. R.I.P.

Great actor

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:49 PM

pkdu (3,977 posts)

2. Needs this..if I may

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Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:50 PM

Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)

3. ..

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Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:52 PM

pkdu (3,977 posts)

4. Thanks much...I added another too, nt

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Mon Feb 29, 2016, 11:57 PM

Initech (95,480 posts)

5. RIP, I love the Naked Gun movies.

One of my favorite scenes:

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:01 AM

FailureToCommunicate (13,301 posts)

6. More here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141363622

R.I.P. George Kennedy

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:01 AM

OnyxCollie (9,958 posts)

7. RIP, George Kennedy.

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:20 AM

elmac (4,642 posts)

8. RIP George

one heck of an actor.

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:28 AM

montana_hazeleyes (3,424 posts)

9. What a great actor!

Love him. RIP George

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 03:08 AM

Bigredhunk (1,287 posts)

10. RIP. We Always Loved The Big Guy!

My mum used to work at K-Mart in Dubuque, IA back in the day. George Kennedy was filming a movie in Galena, IL with Clint Eastwood. Mr Kennedy came into K-Mart and walked around for a while, getting a few things. Mum couldn't believe he was there, so kept looking at him. She said he seemed surprised, a little bummed even, that nobody recognized him. As he was finishing checking out and getting ready to leave, he noticed that she'd recognized him and was looking at him. He gave her a big smile in recognition, totally making her day.

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 03:45 AM

Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)