Is Roy Scheider Still Alive?
Roy Richard Scheider Was an American Actor and Amateur Boxer. Described by Allmovie as "One of the Most Unique and Distinguished of All Hollywood Actors", He...
Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s.
What happened to Roy Scheider?
Death. In 2004, Scheider was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In June 2005, he received a bone marrow transplant to treat the cancer. He died on February 10, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital.
Who died in the making of Jaws?
A Cult Film Icon. Late actor Roy Scheider, who died from multiple myeloma at 75, is remembered for one of the greatest movie lines of all time from 1975 thriller Jaws.