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ArticleLITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75.
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Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.
However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Ins ute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.
Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 movie, "Jaws," which was widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster. It was the first film to earn $100 million at the box office.
In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie — "You're gonna need a bigger boat" — was voted No. 35 on the American Film Ins ute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.
That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark that terrified millions of moviegoers.
The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Steven Spielberg's enduring classic.
Spielberg, Scheider, who played a police chief, and Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer, were absent from Jawsfest '05. Co-star Robert Shaw, who played Quint, died in 1978.
Scheider also participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists.
RIP
He was awesome in that movie
Also The French Connection, The Seven-Ups, All That Jazz, and Marathon Man.
Do you pick your toes in Poughkeepsie?
Marathon Man is badass.
that sucks...rest in peace.
RIP Roy Scheider
I loved him as Capt. Nathan Bridger in SeaQuest DSV
RIP Roy, you never knew me but you brought me hours of entertainment and memorable performances.
9:30 mark for bet Roy scene eva!!!
bluethunder
Catch you later, Roy.
RIP.
"Nothing wrong with me, a re-write of the show wouldn't cure."
Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon, "All That Jazz" 1979
With a deep sense of loss, the International Myeloma Foundation notes the passing of Roy Scheider. The actor, best known for starring roles in "Jaws," "The French Connection," and "All That Jazz," died from an infection, a complication of his battle with multiple myeloma for the past three years. He was 75 years old.
"We have made great strides in treating myeloma, and using new drugs in combination and in sequence, we are seeing remissions that last for years, and may see remissions that last for decades and patients will do well with multiple remissions over 10 – 15 years or longer. However, much still depends on when patients are diagnosed, the nature of their disease and the type of treatment they get. Mr. Scheider's passing is a reminder that there is still much work to be done," said Brian Durie, M.D., co-founder and chairman of the International Myeloma Foundation.
Susie Novis, Dr Brian Durie and all of us here at the The International Myeloma Foundation, extend sincerest condolences to Roy Scheider"s wife, Brenda King, to his children, grandchildren and his entire family.
http://myeloma.org/
what doesn't this guy do ?!?!hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.
all of the above + Blue thunder.
I liked this guy. RIP
Crap. When I first opened this thread, I was thinking Rob Schneider bit the big one.
R.I.P. One of my faves.
You have a thing for noses, don't you?
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