Bill Paxton Death
William passed away on February 25, 2017 at the age of 61 in Los Angeles, California, United States. William's cause of death was stroke resulting from surgical complications.
When did Bill Paxton die?
February 25, 2017How did Bill Paxton die? What was the cause of death?
Stroke resulting from surgical complicationsHow old was Bill Paxton when died?
61Where did Bill Paxton die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, United States
Bill Paxton Birthday and Date of Death
Bill Paxton was born on May 17, 1955 and died on February 25, 2017. William was 61 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 17, 1955
Date of Death: February 25, 2017
Age at Death: 61
Is Bill Paxton's father, John Lane Paxton, dead or alive?
John Lane Paxton's information is not available now.
Is Bill Paxton's mother, Mary Lou, dead or alive?
Bill Paxton's mother, Mary Lou, is still alive and kicking. She is American and has had a career as a leader of the new salem philanthropic society.
Bill Paxton - Biography
William Archibald "Bill" Paxton was an American actor and film director. The films in which he appeared include The Terminator, Weird Science (1985), Aliens (1986), Predator 2 (1990), True Lies (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Twister (1996), Titanic (1997), U-571 (2000), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Nightcrawler (2014). Paxton also starred in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006-2011). In 2013, he received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.
Paxton was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Mary Lou (née Gray) and John Lane Paxton. His father was a businessman, lumber wholesaler, museum executive, and occasional actor. His mother was Roman Catholic, and he and his siblings were raised in her faith. Paxton was in the crowd when President John F. Kennedy emerged from the Hotel Texas on the morning of his assassination on November 22, 1963. Photographs of an 8-year-old Paxton being lifted above the crowd are on display at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, Texas. On the Marc Maron podcast, Paxton revealed that at the age of 13 he contracted rheumatic fever which had damaged his heart. During his teens, Paxton worked as a paper delivery boy with Mike Muir.
Among Paxton's earliest roles were a minor role as a punk thug in The Terminator, a supporting role as the lead protagonist's bullying older brother Chet in John Hughes' Weird Science (1985), and Private Hudson in Aliens (1986).
1990s Paxton worked with director James Cameron on True Lies (1994) and Titanic (1997), the latter of which was the highest-grossing film of all time at its release. In his other roles, Paxton played Morgan Earp in Tombstone (1993), Fred Haise in Apollo 13 (1995), the lead in Twister (1996), and lead roles in dark dramas such as One False Move (1992) and A Simple Plan (1998).
In 2014, he played the role of the villainous John Garrett in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and a supporting role in Edge of Tomorrow (2014). He starred alongside Jon Bernthal, Rose McGowan, and John Malkovich as a playable character in the 2014 video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (downloadable "Exo Zombies" mode). In February 2016, Paxton was cast as Detective Frank Rourke for Training Day, a crime-thriller television series set 15 years after the events of the eponymous 2001 movie; it premiered a year later.
Paxton was married from 1979 to 1980 to Kelly Rowan. In 1987, he married Louise Newbury; together, they had two children, James and Lydia.
In February 2017, a few weeks prior to having cardiac surgery, and ultimately his death, Paxton stated in an interview with Marc Maron that he had a damaged heart valve, the result of suffering from rheumatic fever in his youth.
