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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:25 PM
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Actor Chris Penn Dead
ET has confirmed that actor CHRIS PENN, who is the younger brother of SEAN PENN and star of movies like 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Starsky & Hutch' has died. Investigators were on the scene Tuesday, where Penn was found dead in Santa Monica, CA. He was 43. Penn played the role of Nice Guy Eddie in QUENTIN TARANTINO's 1992 cult hit 'Reservoir Dogs'; he also appeared in the movie 'Rush Hour' and on episodes of the television shows "Entourage" and "Everwood." Penn is survived by his mother, EILEEN RYAN, and brothers Sean and MICHAEL.

http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13718/index.html
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:28 PM
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1. Wow...only 43? How sad.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:30 PM
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2. Bummer--I just saw him on a re-run
of Entourage, I'd kinda wondered what had happened to him.

So much for that. :(
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:31 PM
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3. Wow.
Rest in Peace, Nice Guy.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:31 PM
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4. RIP.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:33 PM
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5. No way. I just watched him in Footloose (again) this week.
Edited on Tue Jan-24-06 10:36 PM by Scout1071
And now I'm a little embarrassed I just admitted that little tidbit.

Oh well. RIP Chris Penn. That's very sad. He was so young.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:33 PM
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6. Aw, no.
I thought he was good in almost everything I saw him in (one of his best roles, IMO, was in Deceiver, with Tim Roth). An underrated actor. He'll be missed. :(

Any word on what the cause of death was? I'm guessing a heart attack...he was always on the heavy side, and a smoker IIRC...not a good combination.
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ragin_acadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:52 PM
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13. he turned a 1 dimensional character into a super bad guy
in Pale Rider. one of my favorite Eastwoods.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:34 PM
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7. That's terrible. I remember him from Footloose.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:34 PM
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8. Whoa....no Footloose jokes, please.
The guy was actually a really good actor. I remember him on Conan O'Brien's show back in the 90's, where he took Conan to task for being too self-deprecating. THAT took balls.

RIP, man
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:43 PM
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9. Just saw him on 'Law and Order - Criminal Intent'
Gee whiz. :-(

RIP Chris.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:44 PM
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10. Rest In Peace
Truly sad news. He was a criminally underrated actor.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:48 PM
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11. RIP
The picture that they have of him looks awful. I can't believe how heavy he got.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 10:50 PM
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12. that's messed up, i liked Chris's work very much...
:cry:
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 11:16 PM
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14. he was also one of the voices on
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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