Sheen Remembers 'Compadre' Quinn
Charlie Sheen has paid tribute to his Platoon co-star Francesco Quinn following his sudden death on Friday.
The actor son of movie icon Anthony Quinn collapsed and died outside his Malibu, California home after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 48.
Sheen, who befriended the late star on the set of the 1986 Vietnam War epic, has now spoken out about the loss and sent his condolences to Quinn's grieving family.
In a post on his Twitter.com blog, he writes, "Lost a compadre from Platoon Friday... Heart... Rip Francesco Quinn Much love and compassion to his wife Valentina and his 3 kids."...
The actor son of movie icon Anthony Quinn collapsed and died outside his Malibu, California home after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 48.
Sheen, who befriended the late star on the set of the 1986 Vietnam War epic, has now spoken out about the loss and sent his condolences to Quinn's grieving family.
In a post on his Twitter.com blog, he writes, "Lost a compadre from Platoon Friday... Heart... Rip Francesco Quinn Much love and compassion to his wife Valentina and his 3 kids."...
- 8/9/2011
- WENN
Anthony Quinn's actor son Francesco Quinn died of heart attack on Friday, August 5 night while running on the street near his Malibu home. The 43-year-old collapsed while out with his son Max. His neighbor tried to revive him but "at a certain point it turned, and there was no response."
"There was a moment where we thought that we were making progress, that we started to sense that this could work. We were working feverishly at it," a witness told Malibu Patch about the moments before they realized they could do nothing further. Paramedics arrived and took Quinn to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Francesco is survived by his wife Valentina Castellani-Quinn and their three children. "Francesco was my soulmate and the best father for Sofia, Michela and Max," Valentina told the Malibu Patch. "I will love him forever."
Francesco is best known for his role as...
"There was a moment where we thought that we were making progress, that we started to sense that this could work. We were working feverishly at it," a witness told Malibu Patch about the moments before they realized they could do nothing further. Paramedics arrived and took Quinn to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Francesco is survived by his wife Valentina Castellani-Quinn and their three children. "Francesco was my soulmate and the best father for Sofia, Michela and Max," Valentina told the Malibu Patch. "I will love him forever."
Francesco is best known for his role as...
- 8/7/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Francesco Quinn, a son of the late screen legend Anthony Quinn, died of an apparent heart attack near his Malibu home on Friday night, reports a local news site and other sources. Quinn, 48, was reportedly running in the street with his son Max when he collapsed. A neighbor who attempted to revive him told the Malibu Patch: "We were working feverishly at it. But at a certain point it turned, and there was no response." Paramedics were summoned, and Quinn was reportedly pronounced dead at the hospital.Born in Rome on March 22, 1963, to Anthony Quinn's second wife Iolanda, Francesco,...
- 8/7/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
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