Academy Award-nominated actor Dennis Hopper died on May 29 after battling prostate cancer, Reuters is reporting.  The 74-year-old actor who is remembered most for his role in ‘Easy Rider,’ was surrounded by his family and friends in his Venice, California home.

While Hopper is known for co-writing and starring in the classic  ‘Easy Rider,’ which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 1970 Oscars, more recently he has remembered for his personal life.  For most of the year, he was in the middle of a bitter divorce from his fifth wife of 14 years, Victoria Duffy-Hopper.

Hopper also became ill with prostate cancer last September, but continued to work on the second season of his Starz cable series ‘Crash.’  More recent reports stated that he barely weighed 100 pounds, and grew so weak he couldn’t attend chemotherapy treatments or attend his divorce proceedings.  However, he was able to attend the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 26 in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

Written by: Karen Benardello

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