Re: R.I.P. William Hurt
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:43 pm
He officially died of prostate cancer.
Lived his last years off the beaten track in Oregon with his two sons by his second wife, Heidi Henderson, daughter of Skitch Henerson.
He was one of the few truly intellectual film stars. His stepfather was Henry Luce III, son of the founder of Time Magazine. Although one can't excuse his bad behavior, not just to Matlin, but to Mary Beth Hurt (married to Paul Schrader since 1983) whom he left in 1982 due to the pregnancy of Sandra Jennings, his girlfriend on the side, or to Jennings with whom he lived in a common-law marriage in South Carolina not recognized in New York where she sued him for support making it easy for him to wiggle out f the relationship, one doesn't know what demons drove him. On the other hand, he waived his salary for Kiss of the Spider Woman so that it could be made and was kidnapped at gun point and held for days, along with another girlfriend at the time, by drug dealers in Brazil during the making of the film. That had to have played with his head big time.
He was considered a thoroughly professional actor by everyone who worked with him. Love the story behind his whispering to Sally Field when she handed him his Oscar. He asked Field, with whom he had worked on stage, "what am supposed to do with this?" to which she responded, "you live with it" which apparently became his way of getting through everything that came after.
Lived his last years off the beaten track in Oregon with his two sons by his second wife, Heidi Henderson, daughter of Skitch Henerson.
He was one of the few truly intellectual film stars. His stepfather was Henry Luce III, son of the founder of Time Magazine. Although one can't excuse his bad behavior, not just to Matlin, but to Mary Beth Hurt (married to Paul Schrader since 1983) whom he left in 1982 due to the pregnancy of Sandra Jennings, his girlfriend on the side, or to Jennings with whom he lived in a common-law marriage in South Carolina not recognized in New York where she sued him for support making it easy for him to wiggle out f the relationship, one doesn't know what demons drove him. On the other hand, he waived his salary for Kiss of the Spider Woman so that it could be made and was kidnapped at gun point and held for days, along with another girlfriend at the time, by drug dealers in Brazil during the making of the film. That had to have played with his head big time.
He was considered a thoroughly professional actor by everyone who worked with him. Love the story behind his whispering to Sally Field when she handed him his Oscar. He asked Field, with whom he had worked on stage, "what am supposed to do with this?" to which she responded, "you live with it" which apparently became his way of getting through everything that came after.