'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' actor and comedian Taylor Negron dies

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" actor and comedian Taylor Negron has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 57.

Cousin Chuck Negron, the former lead singer for 1970s band Three Dog Night, announced his death.

"I want to inform you that my cousin Taylor Negron just passed away," he said in a YouTube video posted Saturday. "His mother, his brother, Alex, and my brother, Rene, and his wife ... were all there with him. May he rest in peace."

If you're having trouble placing Negron, think back to the iconic pizza delivery scene in 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." He was the guy who interrupted Mr. Hand's class to drop off a pizza for Jeff Spicoli, played by a young Sean Penn.

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Comedian and actor Taylor Negron at an event in New York in May 2014

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[mockmonkey]

1. "Easy Money"

He was very funny as Rodney Dangerfield's future Son-in-Law in "Easy Money".

RIP

[underpants]

5. (Climbing through the bathroom window) "No problem, I know this place like the back of my hand"

After falling through the window we hear a toilet flush

"Uh oh....I got the back of my hand stuck in the toilet"

[winstars]

8. "Lets face it, he belongs to a gang" ----Monty Capelletti

[SamKnause]

2. 'Nothing But Trouble'

I watched it on Christmas Day with the family.

[d_b]

4. Loved him in that

Also the stoned age

RIP

[ybbor]

3. Showed that scene to some of my students the other day

They had just ordered a pizza for delivery. Our school is cool like that.

I think I enjoyed more than they did.

[SwankyXomb]

6. I alway likes him as Milo

one of the bad guys in The Last Boy Scout.

[winstars]

7. "He calls me Joseph"

He did some great work:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. "You don't want carpet...you want an area rug."

From Punchline --

[vankuria]

10. Remember him well

He's shown up in many movies and TV shows, even remember seeing him on the Dating Game back in the 60's. Just watched him in Fast Times at Ridgemont High the other night, his classic scene was short but memorable. Sorry to hear of his passing, may he rest in peace.

[csziggy]

11. So sad - he was far too young

I remember him from a short lived TV series named "Detective School." He was really great in that show. Unfortunately there are no clips of it available online.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078598/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_129