"Mr.Blue" (Edward Bunker) is dead at 71

[underpants]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4713659.stm



Crime novelist Edward Bunker, who taught himself to write in prison and appeared in hit movie Reservoir Dogs, has died in California aged 71.
Bunker spent a total of 18 years in US prisons for robbery, forgery and other crimes, inspiring him to write first novel No Beast So Fierce in 1973.

He had a role in its 1978 movie adaptation Straight Time, and played Mr Blue in 1992's Reservoir Dogs.

Bunker had diabetes and died in Burbank after surgery to improve circulation.

[youspeakmylanguage]

1. RIP - Jon Voight's character "Nate" in Heat was based on him...

At least he lived an incredibly full life.

[DS1]

2. That dude had the smallest roles I've ever seen

I think the entirety of R Dogs was "How many dicks is that?"

and the "Guy with the M16" at the end of Analyze That - which in its own right is probably THE shittiest movie released in the last 5 years.

[youspeakmylanguage]

3. He was a much larger presence behind the scenes...

...as an adviser to actors portraying criminals and ex-cons. The bit parts were just little bones tossed to him by various directors.

[Fenris]

4. "Dog Eat Dog" is a great novel