'Jaws' actor Scheider dies at 75

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_en_mo/obit_scheider

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75.

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 a cause of death.

However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.

He was nominated for an Oscar for best-supporting actor in 1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best-actor for 1979's "All That Jazz," the autobiographical Bob Fosse film.

However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film, "Jaws," the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.

Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office. Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer.
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wow! I'm speechless.

You were a favorite of mine...





thanks so much to whomever remembered me with a heart! :loveya:

I hope it was swift and painless.

RIP, Roy.:(

;(

I always liked him in the movies.

RIP

You just had to ruin my night with that info....

I am feeling real old now. damn.

younger days are dropping like flies. I hate to even admit this, but the first thing I read in the daily paper are the obituaries. A great actor and a good man. RIP, Roy.

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RIP, Roy. You'll be missed.

Thank you for your many fine preformances.

Rest in peace, Roy.

When I was a kid, 75 was a ripe old age, and not unusual to pass at 75. Now it seems a bit young to go.

Scheider will always be in his 40's in my mind.

Of course I still see myself as 25 lol.

Best remembered by me for "All That Jazz."

He was one of those actors who quietly achieved real greatness but never superstardom. He was in a bunch of seriously great movies. I loved All That Jazz and who doesn't think of Jaws as a breakthrough movie classic?

75 ...... I didn't realize he was that old.

"...I'm tired and I want to go to bed...."

RIP, Mr. Scheider.

...Exellent movie, and an even better actor...

Godspeed...

You were a favorite actor from a favorite movie and will be deeply missed.

:cry:

was quite nice.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/quotes

Brody's famous line, BTW, is #35 on the AFI list of top 100 quotes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movie_Quotes

Tesha