Seventy three year old actor and director Dennis Hopper was rushed to a New York hospital on September 30, 2009. Early reports on that night stated he was wearing an oxygen mask when he arrived at the hospital in an ambulance. He was released on October 2, 2009 after being given IVs to re-dehydrate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper

At the end of October 2009, Dennis Hopper was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which was in the advanced stages. In January of 2010, after further medical tests were completed it was revealed that the cancer has spread into his bones.

In late March, Dennis Hopper was unable to continue with the cancer treatments and it was announced that he was terminally ill. May 29, 2010 it was announced that he had died at home surrounded by his family and close friends in Venice, California. Dennis Hopper had turned 74 a few weeks before his death.

Dennis Hopper was active as an actor since 1954 and his last role is a movie called Alpha and Omega which will be released in September of 2010. He was also a director of many movies, a writer and a crew member. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/

Dennis Hoppers acting career spanned five decades and included over two hundred appearances in film and TV. Some of the more well-known films that he was acted in were:

• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
• The Rifleman (1958-1959)
• The Twilight Zone (1 episode in 1963)
• Wagon Train (1963)
• The Defenders (1962-1963)
• The Legend of Jessie James (1 episode 1966)
• The Time Tunnel (1 episode 1966)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• Hang ‘Em High (1968)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
• Speed (1994)
• Witch Hunt (1994)
• Search and Destroy (1995)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Space Truckers (1996)
• Black Dahlia (1998)
• 24 (5 episodes in 2002)
• The Piano Player (2002) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/

His accomplishments as a Director included:

• Easy Rider (1969)
• The Last Movie (1971)
• Out of the Blue (1980)
• Colors (1998)
• Catchfire (1990)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• Chasers (1994)
• Homeless (2000) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/

He also wrote four scripts that were made into movies, these included:

• Easy Rider (1969)
• The American Dreamer (1971)
• The Last Movie (1971)
• Out of the Blue – aka: No Looking Back (1980) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/

Throughout his career he had been nominated for two Oscars, he won 20 other awards and 10 nominations for other awards.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/