Muere Robert Downey Sr., cineasta y padre del actor Robert Downey Jr.
El actor y director Robert Downey Sr., padre del también reconocido actor Robert Downey Jr., falleció a los 85 años después de años de soportar los estragos del Parkinson. Así lo afirmó el intérprete de Ironman en una publicación en su página de Facebook.
«RIP Bob D. Sr. 1936-2021. Anoche, papá falleció pacíficamente mientras dormía después de años de soportar los estragos del Parkinson. Era un verdadero cineasta inconformista y permaneció notablemente optimista en todo momento”, escribió Robert Downey Jr.
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Actor Robert Downey Jr., left, and his father Robert Downey Sr. arrive at Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala in 2008 in New York.
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NEW YORK Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his wife told the Daily News.
Downey, who turned 85 last month and had been battling Parkinson’s disease, also appeared in the movies “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “To Live And Die in L.A.”
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The cause was Parkinson’s disease, his wife, Rosemary Rogers, said.
His son, actor Robert Downey Jr, paid tribute on Instagram: RIP Bob D. Sr. 1936-2021…Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s ..he was a true maverick filmmaker, and remained remarkably optimistic throughout..According to my stepmoms calculations, they were happily married for just over 2000 years. Rosemary Rogers-Downey, you are a saint, and our thoughts and prayers are with you.
‘Putney Swope,’ a 1969 comedy about a Black man who is accidentally elected chairman of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, was perhaps Downey’s best-known film.
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