RIP PETER FONDA 1940-2019

The counterculture icon and movie rebel has passed away.

I met and talked with Peter Fonda many times in Livingston, Montana and considered him a good acquaintance. He was always the perfect gentleman.

Fonda started his acting career in 1962 with a role in the TV show "The Naked City" and made his first movie the following year starring in "Tammy & The Doctor". Fonda kept busy and in 1966 he starred in the Roger Corman classic "The Wild Angels" along with Nancy Sinatra, but just three years later he would become an international star with the film "Easy Rider".

The roles in both of these classic films followed him the entire rest of his career, but he loved it. He also directed the bizarre and wonderful sci-fi film entitled "Idaho Transfer" which is one of my favorite films of all time. He also went on to direct such films as "Wanda Nevada" starring Brooke Shields.

Many of us will also remember him from his starring roles in "The Hired Hand" , "Race With The Devil" and "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry". Fonda passed away in Aug 16th at the age of 79.