Posted April 16, 2018 7:00 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

R. Lee Ermey, 1944-2018. (Photo: The Outdoor Channel)
Long associated with Glocks, guns, and everything Marines, Ronald Lee Ermey died Saturday from after complications from pneumonia.
With a life that included more than a decade on active duty in the Marine Corps, over 120 acting credits and becoming a fixture in the firearms community, Ermey’s long time manager, Bill Rogin announced “with deep sadness” that “The Gunny” passed.
Born in Kansas in 1944, during the tailend of World War II, Ermey joined the Marines at age 17 and, after service that included 14 months in Vietnam, was medically retired as a staff sergeant in 1972.
Ermey came to film first as a fictional drill instructor in 1978’s The Boys in Company C, then went on to become a technical advisor on a number of war films including Apocalypse Now, where he cameoed as an uncredited Huey pilot in the iconic Ride of the Valkyries scene before he became famous for his unfettered portrayal of Marine GySgt. Hartman, the epitome of a Parris Island drill instructor, who used profanity and critical appraisal like Michelangelo used a brush and clay in Full Metal Jacket, a role he semi-reprised numerous times.
In a series of television appearances, Ermey

Source: Guns.com

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