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This person died 2017, age 61. He was described as good-natured in assessing his status in Hollywood. In a 1998 interview he said, “I haven’t had a role that’s propelled me into major stardom. I’ve had roles that put me on the playing field.” From 2006 to 2011, he played the lead role of Bill Henrickson on the HBO show Big Love. Early in his career, he had small parts in “The Terminator” and “Aliens”, both directed by James Cameron. He played a car salesman who cheated Jamie Lee Curtis’s character in the movie “True Lies”, a treasure hunter in the “Titanic”, an “Apollo 13” astronaut, and a heroic storm-chaser in the “Twister”. Today’s dead celebrity is Bill Paxton.
Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Sign up for our newsletter at famousandgravy.com for news and updates on the show. Also, enjoy our mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 46 “Love and OJ Jokes” (Norm Macdonald) and Episode 44 “Inner Soprano” (James Gandolfini).
New York Times Obituary for Bill Paxton
Famous & Gravy official website
Famous & Gravy on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
How to remember which is Bill Paxton and which is Pullman from NPR’s “How to Do Anything”
Music video for “Fish Heads” directed by Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton given tribute by storm chasers image from The Verge
Conan remembers Bill Paxton clip
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
76 episodes
Manage episode 364798642 series 3293073
This person died 2017, age 61. He was described as good-natured in assessing his status in Hollywood. In a 1998 interview he said, “I haven’t had a role that’s propelled me into major stardom. I’ve had roles that put me on the playing field.” From 2006 to 2011, he played the lead role of Bill Henrickson on the HBO show Big Love. Early in his career, he had small parts in “The Terminator” and “Aliens”, both directed by James Cameron. He played a car salesman who cheated Jamie Lee Curtis’s character in the movie “True Lies”, a treasure hunter in the “Titanic”, an “Apollo 13” astronaut, and a heroic storm-chaser in the “Twister”. Today’s dead celebrity is Bill Paxton.
Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Sign up for our newsletter at famousandgravy.com for news and updates on the show. Also, enjoy our mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 46 “Love and OJ Jokes” (Norm Macdonald) and Episode 44 “Inner Soprano” (James Gandolfini).
New York Times Obituary for Bill Paxton
Famous & Gravy official website
Famous & Gravy on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
How to remember which is Bill Paxton and which is Pullman from NPR’s “How to Do Anything”
Music video for “Fish Heads” directed by Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton given tribute by storm chasers image from The Verge
Conan remembers Bill Paxton clip
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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