A crew that partied hard!


While I was watching, I was looking up many of the actors that were in Sam's films and the age at which they died:

William Holden 63

Slim Pickins 64

Warren Oates 53

Steve McQueen 50

Sam Peckinpah 59

I think these guys were the rock stars of their time and that they lived life hard. In fairness to McQueen, he died from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure, but I am sure he helped to activate it early by smoking a lot of cigs and reefers. My grandfather died of it at age 87. He never smoked.

I was somewhat disappointed they never suggested what the root causes of Sam's alcoholism and drug use were. According to his sister they had a happy childhood. Maybe he just got caught up in the fast life of movie making.



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