Taps: R. Lee Ermey – Full Metal Jacket
R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” has died.
Ermey’s longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications. He was 74.
The Kansas native was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his memorable performance in “Full Metal Jacket,” in which he immortalized lines such as: “What is your major malfunction?”
Be sure to watch the two videos in this article. Better yet, download “Full Metal Jacket”, especially those of you too young to remember this 1987 movie. R. Lee Emery became a legend, appearing in only 40 minutes of this two hour movie.
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