BREAKING: Actor Roy Scheider Dies at Age 75..

[Blaze Diem]

Best known as policeman in the Movie "Jaws".

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[DS1]

1. Again!

Best known as policeman in the Movie "Jaws 2"

[itsrobert]

2. Not really breaking news

This was reported last night.

[Blaze Diem]

6. Sorry, first I heard of it. He was a cool actor & decent man fo rhis

opposition to the Iraq invasion.

[GCP]

3. He was a good man - marched against the Iraq War

RIP

[Algorem]

4. ate by a shark! that's weird.

[Blaze Diem]

7. yup, just swallowed him whole..that's the way I heard it..

Heard he tried to warn the others to get out of the water too. A true hero, man!
life imitating art, I guess..
bummer.

[caty]

5. That's sad.

I really liked him as an actor and he seemed like a pretty good guy.

[eleny]

8. I heard that he had multiple myeloma

RIP

[Johonny]

9. bummer

Like a lot of great 70s actors seemed to fade out too soon in the 80s:(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. He also protested against the war.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/10/obit.scheider.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Scheider was also politically active. He participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists.

[Arctic Dave]

11. Bummer

Bummer. This guy helped scare the crap out of me more then any other movie I have ever seen. It came out when I was still a kid (8 or 9ish) living in San Diego . After watching that movie there was noooooo fucking way I was going back in the water.

[NaturalHigh]

12. He was great in Law and Order Criminal Intent last year.