'Jaws' actor Roy Scheider dies at 75

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'Jaws' actor Scheider dies at 75 - Yahoo! News

One of the all time greats, Jaws.

Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75.
Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.
However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.
Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 movie, "Jaws," which was widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster. It was the first film to earn $100 million at the box office.
In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie — "You're gonna need a bigger boat" — was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.
That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark that terrified millions of moviegoers.
The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Steven Spielberg's enduring classic.
Spielberg, Scheider, who played a police chief, and Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer, were absent from Jawsfest '05. Co-star Robert Shaw, who played Quint, died in 1978.
Scheider also 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.

[Grimmlok]

awww. that's a shame.

[PlayfulKisses]

RIP Roy....I always liked him. He's been out of the spotlight for a while.

[Laurent]

Rest in peace, Roy.

[mrs.v]

aw.RIP,Roy.

[yoyoma]

Rest in peace.

[heathersharon]

Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it got right to my head
Where ever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing this song
Show me the way to go home


Thanks, Roy. Rest in peace.

[Grimmlok]

SeaQuest was the best show ever.

[KrisNine]

Aww. Sad. I loved Jaws. Changed me more than any movie ever has. Changed generations of people from ever enjoying the ocean anymore...

RIP Roy.

[WhateverLolaWants]

I liked him a lot

[Fluffy]

^Me too! It was always nice to see him popping up in movies from time to time.

[Honey]

Sad news RIP

[kingcap72]

He was a damn good actor. R.I.P Roy.

[ArmyWifey]

R.i.p.

[AgentOrange]

The French Connection was a fantastic film.

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Scheider gave one of those good, strong, solid performances that you just don't see anymore. A real pro.