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Full Metal Jacket actor 'Gunny' Dies at 74
Am Shooting Journal ^
| B Boddington
Posted on 04/16/2018 9:32:48 AM PDT by w1n1
R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday morning, according to his longtime manager. He was 74.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Bill Rogin said Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia.
"It is extremely difficult to truly quantify all of the great things this man has selflessly done for, and on behalf of, our many men and women in uniform," Rogin wrote. "He has also contributed many iconic and indelible characters on film that will live on forever.
"Please support your men and women in uniform. That's what he wanted most of all. Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed."
The following is a story that American Shooting Journal had interviewed The Gunny, read the rest here.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Military/Veterans; Outdoors; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 10ththread; 1moretime; fullmetaljacket; gunny
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:32:48 AM PDT
by
w1n1
To: w1n1
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:35:45 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: w1n1
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:36:30 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
To: w1n1
Bad news. R.I.P., Gunny. US Army vet salutes you.
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:39:08 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
To: w1n1
I went through Parris Island in 1966, same time frame depicted in the movie. When people asked me if boot camp was really that bad, I always answered - no ....... it was worse!
You were a hell of a Marine, Semper Fi Gunny.
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:39:35 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:44:39 AM PDT
by
Klemper
(And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
To: w1n1
GunnyG
PISC: 1952
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Jack Webb’s 1956 flik: “THE D.I.” was the ONE!
Semper Fidelis! (No Such Thing As A Fi!)
TRUMP.45! IF????? We Can Keep Him?????
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:53:10 AM PDT
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Klemper
Saw a brief interview with Ermey where he says GEICO fired him after that spot was filmed over his negative public comments on Obama.
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:53:20 AM PDT
by
whinecountry
(Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
To: Doogle
R.I.P. indeed.
BTW, Gunny - I really like the Tru-Spec shorts and slacks that you suggested I buy.
To: Klemper
Thanks for that memory, Klemper. RIP Gunny.
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posted on
04/16/2018 10:16:24 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: w1n1
RIP Gunny
To: w1n1
Gunny Ermey sure had a hell of a presence wherever he was. America is a poorer place without him.
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posted on
04/16/2018 10:24:23 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberals, go find another country.)
To: w1n1
June to September 1965 Parris Island Marine here. Gunny Ermey’s “Hartman” was spot on.
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posted on
04/16/2018 10:53:50 AM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
Funny Hartman wasnt sadistic. He was tough. He was hard. He was taking raw recruits, turning them into marines and preparing them for war. He had to be tough - that was his job.
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posted on
04/16/2018 10:59:49 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
(.)
To: w1n1
Gone to the greatest Marine company of them all.
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posted on
04/16/2018 11:03:13 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
To: FLT-bird
To: w1n1
Damn, so sorry to hear this sad news. 74 is young these days... he is gone too soon.
Rest in Peace, Gunny...
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posted on
04/16/2018 11:07:25 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
To: Klemper
That Geico spot is always good for a grin.
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posted on
04/16/2018 11:15:12 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
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04/16/2018 11:17:45 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: w1n1
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04/16/2018 11:20:14 AM PDT
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dfwgator
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