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Peter Fonda remembered at the Oscars ceremony

Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra in 1966’s The Wild Angels.
Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra in The Wild Angels (1966). Photograph: AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo

Peter Fonda, the iconic star of films such as Easy Rider, has been remembered at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood.

Fonda died aged 79 in August 2019, after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The son of Henry Fonda and sister of Jane Fonda, he remained best known for his work as the co-writer, producer and star of the classic 1969 road movie Easy Rider, opposite its director Dennis Hopper.

That film earned him an Oscar nomination; he was nominated again in 1997 for his performance as a Vietnam veteran and widowed beekeeper in Ulee’s Gold.

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