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Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez (April 15, 1962 – February 6, 2020), also known by the alias "Popeye" or "JJ", was a Colombian hitman, [1] who was part of the criminal structure of the Medellín Cartel until his surrender to the Colombian justice system in 1992.
Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle is a fictional character portrayed by actor Gene Hackman in the films The French Connection (1971) and its sequel, French Connection II (1975), and by Ed O'Neill in the 1986 television film Popeye Doyle. Hackman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The French Connection.
Maurice LaMarche performed Popeye's voice as Mercer had died in 1984. The show lasted for one season. ... 2008) features the remaining black-and-white Popeye cartoons ...
Shelley Duvall, the actress behind The Shining's Wendy Torrance, which many consider to be her career-defining role, and Olive Oyl in the beloved live-action Popeye, has died.She was 75. According ...
Nicknamed “Texas Twiggy” and called the “female Buster Keaton,” actress Shelley Duvall, who died July 11 at age 75, entered the Hollywood scene in the 1970s, ... Popeye (1980) Shelley ...
Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black on “Days of Our Lives” for 38 years, has died due to pancreatic cancer. The actor’s family announced the news in a statement posted to the Instagram ...
The movie was highly fictionalized and very successful. The character based on Egan, Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, was played by Gene Hackman, who won an Academy Award for his performance (the film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Editing). [4] The character was called "Popeye" because
Grosso, his partner Eddie Egan, and other NYPD detectives broke up an organized crime ring in 1961 and seized 112 pounds of heroin, a record amount at the time. [1] The investigation was the subject of a book by Robin Moore and subsequent Academy Award-winning film, The French Connection, which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing in 1971.