Posted on 08/03/2023 9:21:10 PM PDT by lowbridge
“Jaws 2” child actor Marc Gilpin has died. He was 56.
The actor was mostly known for playing Sean Brody, the young son of Roy Scheider’s Martin Brody, in the 1978 shark-infested sequel.
His sister and “Frasier” actress Peri Gilpin confirmed the news of his death on Tuesday to the Hollywood Reporter.
Marc suffered from glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, and died at his home in Dallas, Texas, on July 29.
Peri, known for playing Frasier’s producer Roz Doyle on the sitcom, also paid tribute to her brother and his wife, Kaki Gilpin, in an emotional Instagram post.
“Kaki and Marc took care of each other with kindness, strength, dignity and invaluable humor,” the 62-year-old wrote.
“When Marc became ill, Kaki and their boys surrounded Marc with love, hugs, and round the clock support and care. I just want to say how much I admire Kaki as a wife, mom, first grade teacher, sister and sister-in-law and undaunted caregiver,” Peri continued.
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Nasty stuff
Not sure I ever saw Jaws 2.
Must not have been memorable if I did.
Why does the son have a different last name?
Dave Roberts packed his parachute for him*
*Only people who live in the Delaware Valley will get this lame joke.
Poor Peri - she’s lost all her family, parents and siblings.
we are watching it
That’s about as tasteless as jokes about Jerry Pennacoli and the ER….
I saw Jaws 2 when I was 10...it gave me nightmares for the better part of a year. I remember....
O’Brien and his wife divorced. When she remarried, the kids took the stepfather’s name.
“ Marc suffered from glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer”
…caused by the Covid vaccine.
Well somebody was going to say it so I may as well say it now.
…caused by the Covid vaccine.
Well somebody was going to say it so I may as well say it now.
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Please do NOT mention COVID vaxxxxxxines when talking about fatal cancers. This will lead to vaxxxxxxine hesitancy and will make even the dumbest of the dumb reluctant to get in line for their boosters.
It's important to get everyone boosted ASAP. Dr. Bill Gates and other gatekeepers have determined that to save the Earth from glowbull warming, we must reduce the population by 90$.
Vaxxxxxxines are the easiest way to accomplish this population reduction. What do you want them to do? Round up people and take them to death camps?/sarc
According to Wikipedia, “Gilpin was born on September 26, 1966 to Wes Gilpin and Barbara Bushway. He had three sisters: April, Pattie, and Peri Gilpin.”
It looks like Marc and April were born to this couple, while Pattie and Peri were born to Jim O’Brien (real last name, Oldham) and Sandra Oldham whom he later divorced. She married Wes Gilpin, and the two sisters took his name. Wes apparently divorced Sandra or she passed away, and he married Barbara Bushway.
I’m glad my parents just married each other and stayed that way.
Out of the 4 children, only Peri survives. One sister died of natural causes at home, the other of cancer. All three of her siblings died before age 60.
What a lot grieving for the younger generation in a family tree.
Also “coin of the realm” jokes in Philly.
From Peri's Wiki:
Gilpin was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Kay Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham, a broadcaster who became known as Jim O'Brien, and his wife Sandra Jo Hauck. After her parents divorced, her mother married Wes Gilpin in 1969. Gilpin then took her stepfather's surname.
So it appears that Marc's father's last name was Oldham. O'Brien was his father's stage name. And Gilpin was his stepfather's name.
And O’Brien was an assumed name anyway. His real last name was Oldham. He adopted his new name when he was a radio dj.
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