Hollywood actor Peter Fonda has died at
the age of 79 following a battle with lung cancer, his family has said.
Easy
Rider star Peter was the son of Henry Fonda, and the brother of actress Jane
Fonda.
He was nominated for two Oscars
throughout his career and won Golden Globes for best actor in Ulee’s Gold and
best-supporting actor for The Passion of Ayn Rand.
He first worked on Broadway before
moving into TV shows such as Naked City, The New Breed, Wagon Train, and The
Defenders before he made his film debut alongside Sandra Dee in Tammy and the
Doctor.
Throughout the 1960s, he became part of
the counter-culture movement, and became known as a droput thanks to his
non-conformist attitude and the fact that he had not become a Hollywood
heartthrob.
He was pals with Byrds and The Beatles,
and became the inspiration for The Beatles song She Said She Said after he said
‘I know what it’s like to be dead’, referring to a childhood shooting injury,
while high on LSD with John Lennon and George Harrison.
In 1968, he produced, co-wrote and
starred in Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper; he was nominated for the
Academy Award for best original screenplay while Jack Nicholson was nominated
for best-supporting actor.
The film became the cornerstone of the
1960s counter-culture movements and sparked a New Hollywood era of filmmaking
as major studios realised money could be made from low-budget films.
Source: Metro.co.uk
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