Dennis Hooper Died Of Prostate Cancer At The Age Of 74

Can you remember the “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Easy Rider” and the classic character role in “Blue velvet”?
Dennis Hopper has died Saturday at the age of 74, in his home in the Los Angeles beach communit
Los Angeles – the actor-director y of Venice, surrounded by family and friends according to his family friend Alex Hitz. Hopper had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and announced by his manager last October 2009.

1963- Dennis Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kan. Much of his youth was spent on the nearby farm of his grandparents. He was 5 years old when he saw his first movie and became active to it.

He played Shakespeare at the old Globe Theater after they moved to San Diego with his family.

While in his late teens he jumped to Warner Bros. where he made “Giant” and “Rebel without a Cause” after he insulted his boss Harry Cohn from Columbia.

After then, he went to New york to study at the Actors Studio where he had learned his skills.

Hopper married to Brooke Hayward, who is the daughter of agent Leland Hayward (author of best-selling memoir “haywire”) and actress Margaret Sullava. They had a daughter, Marin, before they led to divorce after eight year of marriage bacauce of drug-induced violence.

His second wife was the singer-actress Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas,lasted only eight days.

His third marriage was with actress Daria Halprin, and had a daughter Ruthana but also ended in divorce

Hopper’s fourth wife was Katherine LaNasa, a dancer. They had a son, Henry, before they divorced.

Hopper’s fifth marriage was with Victoria Duffy, who was 32 years his junior, in 1996, and had a daughter, Galen Grier.