Sunday, April 24, 2011

Kevin Jarre, R. I. P.

Digital Spy: "Famed screenwriter Kevin Jarre has died at the age of 56.

The scribe behind Tombstone and installments of the Rambo and Mummy franchises passed away unexpectedly after suffering heart failure on April 3, his family told The Los Angeles Times.

The self-confessed 'Civil War freak' also wrote the critically-acclaimed Glory, a drama about the historic conflict's first all-black volunteer company, which collected three Oscars in 1989 - including a 'Best Actor' award for Denzel Washington."

4 comments:

Brian Drake said...

So sorry to hear this. Tombstone is a favorite of mine.

Rick said...

Actually Denzel Washington won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for GLORY.
He won his Best Actor Oscar for 2001's TRAINING DAY.

Cap'n Bob said...

I liked GLORY a lot. I hate to see a Civil War freak pass on so young.

Cullen Gallagher said...

"Rambo: First Blood Part II" is a damn fine movie. One of my favorites.