On A Pale Horse

This ex-con turned writer was best known as Mr.Blue in Quentin Tarentino's 1992 classic "Reservoir Dogs". At the age of seventeen he became an inmate in Californias SanQuentin prison, later due to a parole violation he was listed on the FBI's most wanted list which landed him for a stretch in Folsom prison. His last stint in prison he spent writing "No Beast So Fierce" which caught the eye of Tarintino. His post prison life included writing other novels, writing a screenplay which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and acting. His latest role was as Skitchy Rivers in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard.

RIP
December 31, 1933 - July 19, 2005

Labels: 1933 births, 2005 July deaths, actor, author, surgery

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