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Lee Ermey, best known for his Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket,” has died.
He was 74.Ermey’s longtime manager announced the news via a tweet to Ermey’s official Twitter account.“It is with great sadness that I regret to inform you all that R.
Lee Ermey (‘The Gunny’) passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia.
He will be greatly missed by all of us,” the tweet reads.In addition to his role in Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-nominated film, which earned him a best supporting actor Golden Globe nod, Ermey had several other mostly authority figure roles to his credit, including Sheriff Hoyt in 2003’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” a police captain in “Se7en,” and the voice of the plastic army men’s leader Sarge in “Toy Story.”Ermey was a former United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and honorary gunnery sergeant,
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