Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/03/08/airwolf-star-jan-michael-vince.html
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I so wanted a Landmaster from Damnation Alley. Rest in peace Mr. Vincent.
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At least his real-life death was more dignified than his on-screen death. (Critically wounded in an explosion in the beginning of Season 4, then apparently disconnected from life support by his long-lost and mysteriously recast brother at the end of the episode.)
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I loved Airwolf as a kid, and Hooper was awesome too, cheesy 80s stuntman love-letter that it is. Thanks, Jan.
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Cool beats physics every time!
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No CGI in that movie, just crazy people, cars, chariots, helicopters…
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He’ll always be the Tribes guy to me . . .
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He was a shitty human that beat his various wives and girlfriends.
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One of the few people who did kill Charles Bronson in “The Mechanic” from 1972. Of course, Jan-Michael was blown up by a bomb Bronson placed beforehand, but still. . . .
So long Jan-Michael Vincent, you were a great staple of my childhood viewing.
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Airwolf was not good.
I should know
I watched every episode
every time
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Well that sucks.
I really thought he was already dead.
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OK, now his character’s fate in Airwolf actually makes much more sense.
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Holy crap. Never knew about this flick. Thanks. Will have to watch it because, well, it’s a surf flick, and all surf flicks must be watched. But the best part? This is at 2nd surf flick that I know of that Gary Busey was in!
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I never watched a single episode of Airwolf, but I’m old enough that he’ll forever be Nanu (The World’s Greatest Athlete), or Steve McKenna (The Mechanic - in a role seemingly written just for him).
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Triple cheesiness!
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“Big Wednesday?”
Is that the much-anticipated Adams Family sequel?
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Amen. His best work.
