Blackie dammett cause of death
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R.I.P. Blackie Dammett, Actor and Father of RHCP's Anthony Kiedis
Blackie Dammett — an actor, reported drug dealer to the stars, and the father of Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis — has died. He reportedly passed away yesterday (May 12) at the age of 81.
This news comes via the Facebook group We Support Blackie Dammett — a group that began as a way to promote Dammett's 2013 autobiography Lords of the Sunset Strip, but later evolved into a way to support Dammett following his dementia diagnosis. Back in 2017, Anthony Kiedis revealed during a RHCP show that Dammett was sick and "going to be sailing on" soon.
Dammett's real name was John Kiedis, and he was an actor who had roles in Lethal Weapon, Starsky and Hutch, Night Court and Magnum, P.I. , among others.
In recent decades, he has perhaps become even better known for being Anthony Kiedis's father; the singer spent much of his childhood living with Dammett in Los Angeles, and Dammett's drug dealing and celebrity friends played a major part of Kiedis's 2004 memoir Scar Tissue.
Back in 2011, the
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Anthony Kiedis
American singer (born 1962)
Anthony Kiedis (KEE-dis; born November 1, 1962) is an American musician and lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother, and then moved shortly before his twelfth birthday to live with his father in Hollywood. While attending Fairfax High School, Kiedis befriended students Flea and Hillel Slovak, who were members of the band Anthym. After high school, Kiedis took classes at UCLA, but dropped out in his sophomore year.
When Kiedis received an offer to be the opening act for a local band, he enlisted Flea, Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. After a show under the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the band progressed and the lineup eventually became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has recorded thirteen studio albums with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Kiedis's lyrical style has evolved throughout his career; early recordings discussed topic
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Richard Donner's "Lethal Weapon" with Mel Gibson
Francis Ford Coppola's "Cotton Club" with Richard Gere and Nicholas Cage
John Frankenheimer's "52 Pick-Up" with Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret
"Doctor Detroit" with Dan Aykroyd
"Meatballs II" with Richard Mulligan and Pee Wee Herman
Jackie Collin's mini-series "Hollywood Wives" -
with Anthony Hopkins, Rod Steiger, Robert Stack, Angie Dickinson
"National Lampoon's Class Reunion" lead role
"Nine Deaths of the Ninja" lead role (shot in the Philippines)
"A Night at the Magic Castle" lead role
Jim Wynorski's "The Lost Empire" lead role (a Roger Corman Production)
"The American Scream" lead role
Christel Buschmann's "Comeback" lead role -
(German production shot in Berlin starring Eric Burdon)
"Instant Karma" with Craig Scheffer
"L.A. Bounty" with Sybil Danning
Jack Starrett's "Kiss my Grits" -
with Bruce Davison and Tony Franciosa produced by An
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