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Tom_Foolery

(4,728 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:52 PM Apr 2015

Actor Geoffrey Lewis dies at 79...

Geoffrey Lewis, a prolific character actor who appeared opposite frequent collaborator Clint Eastwood as his pal Orville Boggs in "Every Which Way But Loose" and its sequel, has died. He was 79.

Lewis, the father of Oscar-nominated actress Juliette Lewis, died Tuesday, family friend Michael Henderson said. No other details were immediately available.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/entertainment/feat-obit-geoffrey-lewis-thr/

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Actor Geoffrey Lewis dies at 79... (Original Post) Tom_Foolery Apr 2015 OP

awe. marym625 Apr 2015 #1

Have seen a LOT of his stuff, but... Miles Archer Apr 2015 #2

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. awe.

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Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:57 PM

Apr 2015

You can feel Juliet Lewis' pain in her tweet

Sad news

Miles Archer

(24,331 posts)

2. Have seen a LOT of his stuff, but...

Reply to Tom_Foolery (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 07:16 PM

Apr 2015

...I was particularly impressed by his "comeback," or whatever you'd like to call it, in "The Devil's Rejects."

That was a particularly sweet and substantial role for him to land at that point of his career and stands as a testament to not only his stature but to the vision of the people who did the casting.

It was a very "Lewis-like" role...he seemed familiar, like someone we'd seen before, but in a role unlike any of his past films or TV appearances.

R.I.P., Geoffrey.

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