Dennis Hopper passed away in his home today at 8:15am Pacific Time. He was 74 and suffered from prostate cancer, and his death was a result of complications from that.

If you are not sure who Dennis Hopper was, then you are clearly just as batty as some of his characters. Allow me to link some of his movies to learn something to that 1% of America, and to remind the other 99% of just how awesome his films were: Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Jesus’ Son and much to Puck’s delight, Speed. In addition to starring in Easy Rider, he co-wrote and directed it and also directed Colors, a fantastic film. He also did video game voices and hosted an amusing episode of SNL.

This is obviously a very short sample of his very long and distinguished career.  Peruse his resume and watch one of his films tonight.