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HOLLYWOOD actor Bo Hopkins, best known for his roles in movies like American Graffiti and Wild Bunch, has died at the age of 80.
Hopkins’ death at a California hospital on Saturday came several weeks after the actor suffered a heart attack.
Bo Hopkins has died at the age of 80.
Bo Hopkins appeared in the film American Graffiti.
Hopkins’ was confirmed by his wife Sian Hopkins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two were married for 33 years.
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Bo Hopkins has died at the age of 80.
His father also suffered a heart attack and died at age 39, when Hopkins was a toddler. Hopkins then went to live with his grandparents.
Hopkins would serve in the US Army before returning to South Carolina and landing a role in a local stage production of The Teahouse of the August Moon.
The outlet reported that Hopkins died in Van Nuys, California, at Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
One of the actor’s first film roles was playing Clarence “Crazy” Lee in Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 film The Wild Bunch.
A few years later, in 1973, he appeared in the successful George Lucas film American Graffiti.
In that film he played the supporting role of Joe “Little Joe” Young, a gang leader.
“The graffiti had people shuffling up and down the streets,” the actor said of the classic car movie, speaking to Shock Cinema magazine.
“He got people back in cars doing that kind of thing.”
Decades later, the actor was still appearing at classic car shows as a result of his role in American Graffiti and the film’s popularity with car lovers.
“If I told you how many times people have come up to me at these shows and told us that we’ve changed their lives, you wouldn’t believe it,” he said in the Shock Cinema interview.
Hopkins was born on February 2, 1938, in Greenville, South Carolina.
From there, he went on to star in an off-Broadway production of Bus Stop, during which he would change his name to Bo.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children.
