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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	RIP John Hurt Jan 28^th, 2017 at 5:49pm What a tremendous actor. He had suffered pancreatic cancer. Aged 77. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-28/john-hurt-dies-aged-77/8219862
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #1 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 6:06pm thats sad... RIP John Who can forget Quentin Crisp..
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #2 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 11:27pm did the man ever have a mediocre performance?
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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #3 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 11:53pm Great actor and lovely man..sad to read about this one.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24619 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #4 - Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:02am No one has done a better chest bursting scene than Hurt.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #5 - Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:29am UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:02am: No one has done a better chest bursting scene than Hurt. that was my introduction to him as a kid ...
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Re: RIP John Hurt
Reply #6 - Jan 29^th, 2017 at 1:28am

AiA wrote on Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:29am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:02am:

No one has done a better chest bursting scene than Hurt.

that was my introduction to him as a kid ...

I first saw him in Spaceballs doing the chest bursting scene parody. Then I saw the Alien chest bursting scene and had a little giggle about his death, unaware that the rest of the movie was going to be darker than that scene.

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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 83792 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #7 - Jan 30^th, 2017 at 6:37pm Elephant Man.... Alien ...Harry Potter voice-overs.... He wash not an unimel!
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #8 - Jan 30^th, 2017 at 7:36pm I think I first saw him as Caligula in the tv series I, Claudius. Top notch talent.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: RIP John Hurt Reply #9 - Jan 30^th, 2017 at 7:52pm UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 29^th, 2017 at 12:02am: No one has done a better chest bursting scene than Hurt. That hurt.
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