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R. Lee Ermey Passed Away
Twitter ^ | 4-15-2018 | Twitter

Posted on 04/15/2018 4:31:28 PM PDT by musicman

Statement from R. Lee Ermey's long time manager, Bill Rogin:

It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Ermey ("The Gunny") passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. He will be greatly missed by all of us.

Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; braking; breaking; deatb; death; ermey; gunny; marines; oassing; obituary; passing; rleeermey; usmarines; veterans
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To: Pontiac

The story is that Kubrick had him come in and free form/ ad lib DI phrases and lingo for about 2 hours or so. He handed the tape over to the writers, and most of the Gunny’s lines in FMJ were writen directly from what he said.


61 posted on 04/15/2018 5:14:11 PM PDT by Turbo Pig (To close with and destroy....)
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To: musicman

R.I.P., sir. Thanks.

love

Condolences to family and friends.


62 posted on 04/15/2018 5:15:13 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Paine in the Neck

“Here, jerkwagon”!


63 posted on 04/15/2018 5:16:11 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers

I’ll raise a toast to him tonight.


64 posted on 04/15/2018 5:18:42 PM PDT by xtargeter
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To: musicman

Semper Fi, Gunny.

L


65 posted on 04/15/2018 5:18:43 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: musicman

66 posted on 04/15/2018 5:18:59 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: musicman

Loved Gunny Ermey.

Semper Fi Gunny!


67 posted on 04/15/2018 5:20:11 PM PDT by MountainDad (A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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To: musicman

one of the best DI portrayals of all time. RIP.


68 posted on 04/15/2018 5:20:52 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: musicman

I saw that. I hate that. RIP Gunny!


69 posted on 04/15/2018 5:23:47 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: musicman

One of the top 5 best actors out there, and more importantly, a fine marine.


70 posted on 04/15/2018 5:24:32 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
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To: colorado tanker

Dittos to that. (The ‘Mail Call’ out takes video is as funny as it gets also.) R.I.P. Gunny.


71 posted on 04/15/2018 5:27:40 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: musicman

My GLOCKs are in mourning.


72 posted on 04/15/2018 5:30:32 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Don Corleone

Enlisted at age 17 in 1961. Medically discharged in 1972.


73 posted on 04/15/2018 5:32:17 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: xtargeter

Ermey, who was an NRA board member, said at the time that his association with the organization and his disapproval of President Obama cost him acting jobs.

“Do you realize I have not done a movie in five to six years? Why? Because I was totally blackballed by the ... liberals in Hollywood,” he alleged. “They can destroy you. They’re hateful people [who] don’t just not like you, they want to take away your livelihood ... that’s why I live up in the desert on a dirt road ... I don’t have to put up with their crap.”


74 posted on 04/15/2018 5:52:42 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: musicman

I don’t think he ever recovered from when he bashed B.Hussein Obama and Hollywood blacklisted him destroying his career.


75 posted on 04/15/2018 5:55:08 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: Bonemaker

And my father was telling me that yet again Hitlery fell and broke another bone. This woman is breaking more bones in a month than Evel Knievel in his entire career and still she lives.


76 posted on 04/15/2018 5:59:00 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: bravo whiskey
My GLOCKs are in mourning.

My Glock jumped up and demanded I take it out to the playground ASAP.

I'll rip off 21 AIMED shots in Gunny's honor.

77 posted on 04/15/2018 6:01:56 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Pontiac
have always wondered how much he was involved in writing his lines for the movie.

From what I understand, Stanley Kubrick let R. Lee improvise a lot of his dialog in 'Full Metal Jacket'.

Kubrick didn't understand all of R. Lee's dialog like the line about "having the common courtesy to give a reach around". Kubrick had to be told what that line was about.

In any case, RIP Gunny. You will be missed.
78 posted on 04/15/2018 6:03:16 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: musicman

Sad day. God Speed, Gunny.


79 posted on 04/15/2018 6:22:25 PM PDT by JME_FAN
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To: musicman

weird. i just watched full metal jacket last night for the first time in decades ...


80 posted on 04/15/2018 6:27:05 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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