Dennis Hopper

"He was in great health and had enormous charisma when we were shooting - he eagerly worked long days, so this has all come as a nasty shock," said director of Linda Yellin of Dennis Hopper while making a movie called "The Last Film Festival" playing a Robert Evans-like producer. Yellin told the New York Post: "He is a brilliant, brilliant man. The younger cast members absolutely worshipped him."

The 73-year-old acting legend was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October... It's terminal.



On April 14th, the incoming director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, announced his first show would be an art world-meets-Hollywood spectacle... Dennis Hopper in paint, assemblages and portrait photography opens July 11.

Let's hope he can attend.

According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, it's the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting 1 in 6 men.

Of several major factors that influence risk, age is the greatest which cannot be changed.

Although only 1 in 10,000 men under age 40 will be diagnosed, the rate shoots up to 1 in 38 for ages 40 to 59, and 1 in 15 for 60 to 69.

In fact, more than 65% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65. The average age at diagnosis of prostate cancer in the United States is 69 years. After that age, the chance of developing prostate cancer becomes more common than any other cancer in men or women.