Storm chasers from around the globe paid tribute to “Twister” star Bill Paxton on Sunday after news broke that the actor had died following complications from heart surgery. He was 61.
Using their Spotter Network markers, hundreds of storm chasers and weather fanatics lined up to Paxton’s initials across the infamous ‘tornado alley’ in Kansas and Oklahoma in a heartfelt ode to the late actor.
Paxton starred in the 1996 disaster classic “Twister” in which he and Helen Hunt lead a team of lovable scientists on a dangerous mission to gather more information about the deadly cyclones. The movie went on to gross $241 million worldwide and became the second-highest-grossing movie of 1996 behind “Independence Day.”
Paxton went on to make the IMAX documentary “Tornado Alley” and often spoke about his fascination with the weather phenomena having grown up in nearby Texas.
deathstyle123 on September 29th, 2020 at 11:24 UTC »
He's dead? Shit i been living under a rock
m0rris0n_hotel on September 29th, 2020 at 11:06 UTC »
Paxton was one of those character actors that you just depended on being there year after year. I doubt I ever watched him give a bad performance.
He did a variety of different roles in different genres. Starring roles to smaller parts. No ego. Just there to work and entertain.
We definitely lost him way too soon.
Edit: If you get a chance I highly recommend checking out the WTF podcast Marc Maron did with Paxton. It was recorded shortly before his death. And they had a great conversation about his life and career.
maryalolo on September 29th, 2020 at 10:50 UTC »
TIL that Bill Paxton is dead. Didn’t hear of this until today. I just watched Twister on Netflix a couple of days ago :(