'Easy Rider' star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79
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August 16, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," has died. His family said in a statement that Fonda died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79.
The official cause of death was lung cancer.
"I am very sad," Jane Fonda said in a statement. "He was my sweet-hearted baby brother. The talker of the family. I have had beautiful alone time with him these last days. He went out laughing."
Born into Hollywood royalty as Henry Fonda's only son, Peter Fo...
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