Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kurt Russell (1951 - )
Film Deaths:
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- The Thing (1982) [R.J. MacReady]: Possibly freezes to death (off-screen); the film ends with him and Keith David waiting in the snow, his last line implicating that their fate is ambiguous. In The Thing (2002) PC Game, he did indeed survive as he rescues the main character at the end; although this may not be canon.
- Backdraft (1991) [Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey/Dennis McCaffrey]: Playing a dual role as father and son, the father "Dennis" is killed in an explosion when he pushes Scott Glenn to safety just as the gas line blows; the son "Stephen" is impaled on a broken pipe in a fall from a burning building, and dies in the ambulance on the route to the hospital.
- Tombstone (1993) [Wyatt Earp]: Dies (off screen) of old age/natural causes years after the film ends; his death is indicated in Robert Mitchum's ending narration.
- Forrest Gump (1994) [Voice of Elvis Presley]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart attack; we learn of his death in Tom Hanks' narration. (Although Peter Dobson played the the role of Elvis on-screen, all of his dialogue was dubbed over by Kurt.)
- Miracle (2004) [Herb Brooks]: Dies (off-screen) of a car crash; we learn of his death during the on-screen text at the end of the film.
- Poseidon (2006) [Robert Ramsey]: Drowns after swimming into the flooded control room of the sinking ship to save the others.
- Grindhouse (Death Proof) (2007) [Stuntman Mike]: Skull crushed when Rosario Dawson stomps on his head, after he's been run off the road and beaten up by Rosario, Zoe Bell, and Tracie Thoms.
- Bone Tomahawk (2015) [Sherriff Franklin Hunt]: Has his stomach sliced open and is shot in the stomach by Geno Segers, then presumably dies (off-screen) some time afterwards. We last see him talking to Richard Jenkins before staying behind so Richard, Patrick Wilson and Lili Simmons can escape. Richard, Patrick and Lili later hear gunshots after leaving the cave, implying that he either died from blood loss, suicide by shooting himself, or further injury by the troglodytes.
- The Hateful Eight (2015) [John Ruth]: Shot in the chest with his own pistol by Jennifer Jason Leigh at the end of a struggle, in addition to having been poisoned by drinking coffee spiked by Michael Madsen, causing him to spew up a significant amount of blood. His body is shown throughout the rest of the film, including when Jennifer chops off his arm to be free of the handcuffs they are both attached to.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) [Ego]: Playing a planet and his human embodiment, Kurt is destroyed in an explosion when a bomb planted by Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) in Kurt's brain at the planet's core detonates; his human form disintegrates as he pleads for his son (Chris Pratt) to reconsider.
Television Deaths:Edit
- The Deadly Tower (Sniper) (1975 TV) [Charles Whitman]: Shot to death by Richard Yniguez in the university tower.
- Elvis (1979 TV) [Elvis Presley]: Dies (off-screen) of a drug-induced heart attack. (trivia: Kurt shared the screen with Elvis himself in the 1963 film It Happened at World's Fair)
Notable ConnectionsEdit
- Son of Bing Russell.
- Father of Wyatt Russell.
- Ex-Mr. Season Hubley.
- Boyfriend/partner of Goldie Hawn
TriviaEdit
- While Copper dies in the novel of The Fox and the Hound (1981), he survives the film.
GalleryEdit
Kurt Russell in Poseidon
Kurt Russell's death in Grindhouse
Kurt Russell before getting burned in Backdraft (1st character)
Kurt Russell before dying of massive blood loss in Backdraft (2nd character)
Kurt Russell before his possible off-screen death in The Thing
Kurt Russell before his death in The Hateful Eight
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