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Lee Ermey, who was best known for playing the terrifying gunnery sergeant in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” has passed away at age 74 from complications of pneumonia.
The actor’s longtime manager Bill Rogin shared the news on Ermey’s Facebook page, calling it “a terrible loss that nobody was prepared for” and noting that “the real R.
Lee Ermey was a family man, a kind and gentle soul.”Here’s Rogin’s full statement:“It is with deep 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.
It is a terrible loss that nobody was prepared for.
He has meant so much to so many people.
And, it is extremely difficult to truly quantify all of the great things this man has selflessly done for,
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