LOS ANGELES — Dennis Hopper, the Hollywood icon whose career included the 1969 film classic Easy Rider, has died. He was 74.
The screen legend, who had been battling prostate cancer, died Saturday morning at his Venice home, surrounded by friends and family, family friend Alex Hitz told the Associated Press.
During his distinguished career, Hopper received Oscar nominations for both Easy Rider (which he also directed and co-wrote) and Hoosiers. Other notable movie credits include Rebel Without a Cause, Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet.
Easy Rider was never a motorcycle movie to me," he said in 2009. "A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country."
Hopper revealed he was battling prostate cancer in October, one month after he fell ill with flulike symptoms while he was in New York City to promote his Starz television series Crash, based on the 2004 Oscar-winning film of the same name.
The Dodge City, Kansas native tied the knot five times over the years. In January, he filed for divorce from his last wife, Victoria Duffy, whom he wed in 1996. Hopper has four children from his combined marriages.
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