Frail and gaunt but all smiles, Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper accepted his long overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.
After a career he Hoosiers star received the 2,403rd star along Hollywood Boulevard this afternoon. Hopper, who is battling advanced prostate cancer, attended the ceremony despite his weakened state. Hopper, known for his roles in Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, and Apocalypse Now, is currently in a bitter divorce battle with wife Victoria Duffy. On Wednesday, Hopper’s attorney Joseph Mannis filed a declaration asserting the actor cannot be questioned by his wife’s divorce attorneys because he is terminally ill and unable to undergo any more chemotherapy to treat his disease. Wearing jeans and a grey suit jacket, the actor, Hopper was introduced by Viggo Mortensen and honored by Jack Nicholson — who he co-starred with in Easy Rider.
During his speech, Hopper explained that bandages over his hand and right eye were the result of a run-in with the paparazzi on Thursday. Hopper said the photographers shouted his name and it caused him to turn too quickly and fall.
Damn paps!
Hopper thanked Hollywood for being “my home and my schooling.”
Among the hundreds of spectators were Hopper’s youngest daughter Galen Grier Hopper, 6, and actors Dwight Yokum and David Lynch.