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Douglas Rain in Canada, July of this year.

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R.I.P. HAL: Douglas Rain, Voice Of Computer In '2001,' Dies At 90

9:16am November 12, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Rain was best known for the eerie, sonorous voice he lent to HAL 9000 in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film. However, he was also celebrated for his decades of performances on the Shakespearean stage.

Vietnam veteran and character actor R. Lee "Gunny" Ermey joined 700 Veterans as part of the IAVA/Victory Motorcycles presence at the 2014 America's Parade in New York. Ermey died Sunday from complications of pneumonia, his manager Bill Rogin said.

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R. Lee Ermey, 'Full Metal Jacket' Sergeant, Dies At 74

2:51am April 16, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Ermey was no stranger to military life. He was a U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant and served in Vietnam. He took up acting after 11 years in the Marines.