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Dennis Hopper at Death’s Door?

Posted by Adam

Monday January 11, 2010

Dennis HopperDENNIS Hopper is at death’s door after his cancer spread to his bones, according to a shocking new report.

The Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet and Hoosiers star — who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2009 — is reportedly telling pals he’s ready to die now that he’s completed his final wish by finishing filming on his TV series Crash.

“Dennis has come to grips with the fact that the end is likely near,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer.

“He knew going into the last weeks of filming Crash that he was on borrowed time. His doctors had told him they were no longer able to contain the disease, and his condition had severely worsened.

“Dennis missed three days on the set due to dehydration, but then he came back, got back on his mark and faced the camera. Really, it was some of the best acting he’s ever done.”

Dennis has also managed to finish editing a 546-page book of photographs taken by him, said another source.

“Dennis calls the book his legacy, and he’s glad to see it completed,” confided the insider.

“He knows the end is near, but he’s still the consummate professional that he’s always been. Dennis has gotten his affairs in order and said his goodbyes.”

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  • http://themojoman.com THEMOJOMAN

    Always liked the guy. Especially in the movie where he tells that MAFIA MOBSTER where his ancestors came from. Love EASY RIDER. GOD BE WITH HIM I’M HIS AGE AND MY TIMES COMING SOON I SUPPOSE. I’ll bet he would have a REAL STORY to tell if he would.
    May the great architect of the universe take good care of DENNIS

  • Scott

    What a great life Dennis has lived and what great joy he has brought to millions of people through his art. If there is a heaven, Dennis will surely be a permanent resident.

  • thomas smith

    A great actor, I liked him in every movie I saw him in.

  • phillip buotte

    Dennis is one of the cool guys of hollywood. good actor and director. Just an all around cool guy.

  • MIKE MURPHY

    The Man

  • http://yahoo/showbizspy Corinne Wasser

    I’m sorry to hear this. My favorite movies starring Dennis Hopper are Apocalypse Now and Easy Rider. My prayers are with him that he is free from pain and at peace.

  • http://hotmail Robyn

    Dennis, is one of the most talented actors of all time. If I see a movie and he is in it, then I will watch it. Very few actors have made me want to watch everything that they are in. He is such a great actor. I always watch with such intensity and wonder what he is like in real life. Anyway, he is just damn great.

  • dick n sanders

    Thank you ever so much for the good memories,may your journey to the new world be a peaceful one filled with our blessings.Your star will always be bright.

  • Bobby Palmer

    You played it, I lived life greatest adventure is just up ahead bro. Your a standup guy, be with you shortly.

  • RENEE

    I’VE ALWAYS LOVE YOU, STAY STRONG MAY THE LORD WATCH OVER YOU AND BLESS YOU. YOU ARE ONE HELL OF A MAN.

  • Moviegirl

    Dennis Hopper is truly a film icon, he will be missed immensely. He put all he had into his roles, making Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider, and many other films classics. When I hear of Dennis Hopper I always think of his role in True Romance (that’s for you mojoman) it was a classic.

  • Laura

    Dear Dennis,
    I have a great amount of respect for you and for the work you have done. You are a fine actor. Please know that you are in the thoughts and prayers of many people, people you don’t even know.
    God bless you and keep you and your family.
    Your friend, Laura from Colorado

  • http://yahoo Curt

    I great man and a great actor. Watch the movie Tracks, when he’s at the grave of his so called buddy. Top notch performance! See you at the great movie set in the sky my friend. Break on throught o the other side.

  • Ann

    Dennis
    See you in heaven my lovely handsome gentleman.

  • J-Henry

    “What are they gonna say when he’s gone man? Tha the was a kind man? A good man? No way man, they are gonna say he was freaking nuts man!!!”
    Thanks, Dennis, I appreciate the insight into all of lifes angels and Demons.
    Go easy into that good night.

  • pamela

    good grief….ya’ll have the man dead and buried. i never count anyone out until the day they take their last breath. he may live a while longer and he may pass on the next minute from now but he isnt dead yet. lets not talk like he is. he is a wonderful man and if and when he passes he will be sorely missed. until then…may God walk at your side dennis.

  • Mike M.

    When ya get there Dennis, hang out with Jimmy Dean & Patrick Swayze….3 cool cats if there ever was three…You’ll never be forgotton nor will our memories of you…..Peace be with you and your entire family at this time…..To me, you’ll always be Billy in easy rider..It’s what turned me on to bikes and have never looked back…. Thank you so very much for giving me excitment and meeting my wife from the experience……

  • Nadine

    May God bless you Dennis Hopper now and with the Kingdom of Heaven. Peace and love be with you and your family today and always. You will be in my prayers. Take care.

  • BigBen

    HE AINT DEAD YET……..
    Give’m hell “bigboy” poodie style…Friends,Beer and Good Music
    when ya go backstage tell the man upstairs what he’s miss’n down here. Go easy youngman. love ya, BigBen

  • Danis

    Thanks man. I keep riding. Easy Rider gave me the guts to ride across country. Atlantic City to L.A. No Helmet back in the day. The most free I have ever felt. Three kids later and and old bike in the garage, I now know what it was all about.

    I am going to take old bike out this week, dust it off. After it cranks up, I will take it for a ride…..a long ride………..

    Take care brother…………..

  • alioops

    Really sorry to hear this news. You are THE MAN, Dennis. Stay strong and fight! Am sending you prayers, healing and LIGHT!

  • RICK SHEPPARD

    I WORKED WITH MR. HOPPER IN ’96. GREAT GUY, SERIOUS ABOUT HIS WORK. HE IS A TRUE SURVIVOR OF HOLLYWOOD MADNESS!! GOOD LUCK AMIGO, AND GOD BLESS…………

  • tonn

    Your a wonderfull person….I hope you have wonderfull happy days with family. I only wish the people who think of you as family, who has watched you over the years like me….We all feel like your Friend and you will be missed when your gone……..jeff tonn

  • robert adams

    he is a good mam

  • cindy Pekarek

    Our prayers are with you Dennis as you go through a rough time with your cancer condition. Yes you were a very good actor. Dennis you gave my Husband Paul many years of good entertain-ment. He enjoyed your acting abilities. God Bless you as you go through these hard times of your life. Cindy and Paul Pekarek.

  • Elliot Stephen Cohen

    Dennis,

    You’ve been one of the greats since your unforgettable performance in “Rebel Without A Cause,” and unlike James Dean, you’ve been blessed to leave behind an incredible film legacy.

  • Zorro200

    Hope he’s talkin’ to Jesus right now. Amazing career Dennis! U made me laugh out loud in the film Land Of The Dead-during the “He get back here! U have the F&ckin’ keys!” lol funny stuff.

  • Zorro200

    Hope he’s talkin’ to Jesus right now. Amazing career Dennis! U made me laugh out loud in the film Land Of The Dead-during the “Hey get back here! U have the F&ckin’ keys!” lol funny stuff.

  • http://crazycantoncuts.blogspot.com/ Crazy Canton Cuts

    I will never forget his take on Frank Booth, his character in Blue Velvet.

    He said Booth was “The greatest f*cking romantic lead of all-time! No matter what he did to her, she kept coming back for more.”

    Dennis Hopper is pure genius

  • jasper

    He was an icon in the 60′s and became a master at movie making. He is still young and has the energy he has maintained since he was in his 20′s. An up and coming movie producer was his forte. I don’t want to see him go. HE really was cool and could rap to anyone joke and laugh at himself. To bad they didn’t detect it soon enough. There are alot of actors who have had trouble with this type of cancer and it is too common. Robert DeNiro fought it privately and is doing ok. More attention and public outcry is what is needed to find cures or earlier detection. They say after 40 one should be checked every year and not just for prostrate. We lose too many good people.

  • bob

    Lifes too short man flip em the bird as your going up…..TRUE ROMANCE

  • Jim

    Always able to catch your attention. Great entertainer and a truely decent human being. God Bless You and Keep You. You are in my prayers. Jim

  • Tom

    I always liked Dennis Hopper. I’ll probably remember him most from the classic basketball movie “Hoosiers”. His performence in that movie was outstanding. God Bless Dennis Hopper.

  • Milton

    His character Frank Booth in Blue Velvet is one of my favorites. Also True Romance scene with Christopher Walken is amazing lol.
    I’ve seen most of his movies and all blew me away. I saw him and cast of Easy Rider pass thru my home town of Franklin, La. during filming in my younger days. Made watching movie all the more revelant.

    Good luck Dennis may you live many more productive years. God Bless Keep up the Faith Brother.

  • http://www.jguntherphotography.com Gunther

    Dennis!

    You are leaving a “GREAT LEGACY” behind you. You will always be remembered.

    So when the time comes Dennis! Just close your eyes and think of all you have accomplished and just ride on to the other side. You have family and friends waiting for you…

    Goodbye Dennis…

  • tony fulsom

    Dennis you are my hero! I was just a young guy when I saw easy rider and will never forget it.

  • Felicia

    It’s so sad to hear that Dennis is fading out. He’s one of my favourite actors – so great at satire and suspense – and the movie world is going to be a far less entertaining place without him. Dennis, when you get where you’re headed, please keep the party going! I’ll miss you so bad.

  • Kenn B

    Dennis: I’ve been with you since the 60s, through all the changes. More than any actor, that you are finally at heaven’s door shows me that life is swift and forever changing. Take care, fine human. Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and fretts his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Best to you in your hour of need. Kenn

  • http://mozilla,firefox bill g.

    givm hell dennis ,wonderful having u in this world loved all the movies u made easy rider especially love u man.

  • http://MSN WLP

    Dennis you will truley be missed. GOD BLESS, Thanks for all the great memories you gave us.

  • j benz

    Where’d ya get all those fresh packs in Waterworld-love you a long long time

  • Good neighbor

    Crazy fu**ing Denis! Godspeed, Godspeed. Don’t look at me.

  • http://www.helixdomain.com Gary Hauft

    Dennis,
    I enjoyed our acqaintence through school, reading lines with you in “Medic”, striking cars with your James Dean whip on H’wood and Vine, spending 3 tenuous days with you in Taos and finally meeting your present wife, Victoria Duffy.

    I’ve contacted all I consider those you might have remembered at Helix High . . . including “Dusty” Rhoads. Their responses were all just great.

    Peace, “Bro’”

    Hauft

  • http://SNOWinAFRICA.com Alan Spooner

    My FAV actor. I concur with everyone’s comments herein. If Dennis Hopper was in it, I wanted to see it. Will miss you buddy. Keep doing your thing upstairs.

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  • http://showbizspy.com Kathy K

    I was deeply saddened to hear of Dennis Hopper’s condition after recently finishing the second season of Crash on HBO. Didn’t even know his name until i started watching the series, but quickly became obsessed with the show and his character in particular.The first season of Crash was awesome, but if not for Dennis Hopper, the second season itself might have “crashed”. i enjoyed him so much in this that i wanted the series to continue…season after season…Forever.

  • Igor UA

    It is wery sad. Great man.

  • Howie Thompson

    Dennis: We never met, yet I have been mistaken for you several times over the last decade. Guess we aged the same. (See my website, howiethompsononline.com) Loved everything you have done, even Water World…My book Overtime has your spirit in there as I created one of the Assist Coaches in your memory forever. You are an inspiration and you will forever be in our hearts and minds. Thank GOD we have your legacy to watch whenever we want. Go kicking and screaming into that night fair warrior. “Watch ya gonna do Jack”

  • http://solojumper.livejournal.com/ solojumper

    Russia grieves…

  • MikeOxweling

    who the hell cares

  • Chuck

    God bless you, Mr. Hopper. You have always been a cool guy who truly believed in freedom, if that meant being part of the ’60s counterculture or becoming a Republican in modern-day Hollywood where that’s very unfashionable, you always had the guts to go against the grain and be yourself. The scene in “Hoosiers” when your character (the town drunk) is forced to coach a game when Gene Hackman gets suspended and the team wins and you’re running off the court, stunned with the victory, is one of the most exhilarating moments I’ve ever seen on film. You are also an underrated director with “Easy Rider,” “Colors,” “Backtrack,” your very sexy, atmospheric, underappreciated neo-noir, “The Hot Spot,” and the entertaining road picture, “Chasers.” XOXOXO from a longtime fan. Hang in there. I will pray for you and keep you in my thoughts.

  • Red Atwood

    Get up and run in those fields of golden grains yell and scream at the tops of your lungs play like a boy with the dreams of a man not yet grown. What fun weave had – others only read of. the fence line always has a gate remember – you just gotta find it. C. A.

  • http://v wayne godfrey

    Loved you work you will be missed

  • Dan

    Loved everything you did, CHOO CHOO, BABY!

  • ASHOK KOWLESSER

    I AM REALLY MOVED TO HEAR OF THIS ..

    WORDS WONT BE ENOUGH TO RATE HIS PERFORMANCES AND CLASSY-STYLE.HELL OF GOOD ACTOR

    MAY GOD EASE YOUR PATH TO SEEING HIM AND I AM SURE UP THERE YOU WILL BE PERFORMING TO THEIR AMAZE.THEY WILL SEND YOU BACK TO US VERY SOON

    ASHOK
    MAURITIUS

  • http://www.fishwithchris.com Chris

    Ok. Dennis Hopper has died but why do people include God in their message to loved ones that are still alive? Dennis Hopper did not honor God or want any thing to do with God who created him? So why do people mention God when speaking to friends of Dennis Hopper? By saying, “May God ease your path” .. that isn’t biblical and anyone that is true to what Dennis Hopper believed should be offended by those who would suggest that Dennis is hand in hand with God and Jesus in heaven who Dennis hated on earth. Get real people. The way is narrow that leads to life and few find it. How would you find the way? Through repentance of your sin. God resist the proud but gives grace to the humble. I would suggest you read the bible because it is the only book that is Historically correct and there have been 25,000+ archeological finds with not one disproving the bible and 100′s of prophecies that have been fulfilled. No other book comes close. But because we as humans drink iniquity like water we love our sin, We love to be proud and boast of what we have and what we have accomplished, ignoring the fact that every thing comes from God alone.

    Think about it.

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    I can’t say this is surprising because of his terrible condition, but he will surely be missed!

  • http://msn steven coffman

    THE BLOODSUCKERS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.A LIFETIME OF WORK AND THEY WANT IT NOW. I WOULD HAVE GAVE EVERY CENT TO A BONIFIDE CHARITY AND TOLD THEM TO FUCK OFF………….

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