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Not only could you respect his acting talent, but I enjoyed observing his evolution over the years. From James Dean pal and a young Hollywood pretty boy being groomed by the studios; to hippy and drug-crazed rebel, independent upstart and entrepreneur; and finally to cleaning up his act, still a political rebel in his old age, but then by going against the grain of the rest of his baby-boomer peers, turning more conservative.

What a life he led. You never knew where he was going to stand, but what a character! And it looks as if he fought cancer towards the end with a smile on his face.

Here’s to ya’, Mr. Hopper.