[musicman]

I liked him in Reservoir Dogs.

[Lauretij2]

[doug from upland]

I've been calling you. Where are you?

[Palpatine]

Bush's fault?

[Reagan Man]

Chris Penn went through some big changes.

[killjoy]

It's casual... RIP

[diverteach]

Wow, sooo young.

[SamAdams76]

I think he had a hit single too, about 15 years ago. "NO Myth" was the name of the song if I remember correctly.

[commish]

It will not surprise me at all to find out he had a heart attack. Chris Penn had gained a huge amount of weight the last few years and has looked quite poor the last year or so.

MY condolences to the Penn family. He was the talented one.

[Tall_Texan]

Shows what happens when the mods get itchy fingers. A thread about this gets moved to chat. A second thread gets yanked. Now this thread. Bet it won't be the last either - particularly if it is moved out of the news area again.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"I liked him in Reservoir Dogs."

Me too. Sorry to hear this!

[oceanview]

from what?

[billorites]

Let's show a little respect guys.

This ain't DU.

[msnimje]

This is very sad. Does anybody know if he had a family (wife and kids).

[Rastus]

He was likeable in Footloose as Bacon's hick buddy.

[Gay State Conservative]

It never ceases to amaze me how so many people in showbiz
die long before their time.There must be more to it than just booze and drugs.

[Xenalyte]

No way! Not Nice Guy Eddie!

[MillerCreek]

I was gonna' write, booze and drugs...someone else beat me to it, not that I was racing, mind you.

Yes, in this case, I would certainly anticipate those as causes before much of anything else. Alcohol has a way of piling on the poundage, and a lot of people resort to cocaine to try to lose them, then get hooked on the "I can still drink" myth ("as long as I can use coke!") myth.

[SFC Chromey]

who? lol

[Pharmboy]

He was a talented actor. RIP. From IMDB.com:


Biography for
Chris Penn (I)

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

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Trivia
Brother of Sean Penn

Son of director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan.

Brother of musician Michael Penn.

Appeared with his brother Sean Penn in At Close Range (1986), in which their actress mother, Eileen Ryan, played their grandmother!

Brother-in-law of Robin Wright Penn

Appeared in Sublime's "Date Rape" video

Brother-in-law of Aimee Mann

Is in three different movies with close-range shootout scenes at the end (Reservoir Dogs (1992), True Romance (1993), and _Corky Romano (2001)_).

Originally had role in American Pie 2 (2001) as Stiffler's dad but the scenes were cut since they were not deemed to fit in with the original movie (Source: Beneath the Crust: American Pie 2 (2001)).

Started acting at age 12 at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles and training under acting guru Peggy Feury.

Has a black belt in karate.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

He should have had a bigger career than his idiot brother.