Roy Scheider gone to find a bigger boat

[Grislygus]

Let's hear it for dignified deaths, people!

[JediScum]

I clicked on Geggy's link, read the comments and noticed only one person remarked that Roy Schieder(sp?) was Dr. Benway in Naked Lunch.

I also saw Marathon Man for the 1st time about 2 months ago. He was decent in that. Watching the extras, I guess he did his stunts for that movie.

Strangely, I don't recall the link Geggy providing even reporting HOW he died. Just "He's dead but wasn't he great in Jaws?"

[Geggy]

Damn right he was great in Jaws. That is what he will be remembered the most for. The French Connection is remembered the most for the best car chase scene ever.

From various source:
Scheider died of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, hospital spokesperson Leslie Taylor said.