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.
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New York Times Obituary for Bill Paxton
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Bill Paxton’s “MVP” IMDB page
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
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