Ray Stevenson is DEAD to me

[quote]accused an illness

Acquired, presumably. Excuse the shitty automatic translation, I was in a rush.

Sad. I remember him from "Rome." HBO's first attempt at a GoT-style juggernaut.

Yeah, he was great in Rome.

He was so hot and handsome. Even as a daddy bear.

Yes, agree, hot and manly.

No confirmations yet from non-Italian sources.

It seems it's currently handled as a death hoax. We'll have to wait for respectable outlets to report on it.

Wikipedia has already been updated, it's offish.

[quote]We'll have to wait for respectable outlets to report on it.

La Reppublica is literally the Italian The New York Times, but okay.

*Repubblica, even.

He was hot in his season of Dexter

And gay. Dexter should’ve tapped that.

He was even hotter when he was younger opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in a BBC adaptation of Hardy's THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. Lady Olivier played his mama.

Variety confirms the death.

It's hard to believe he was just 58. He will always be remembered for his '70s chart topper "Everything Is Beautiful." We will be talking to his son McLean shortly, who had a big hit of his own with "American Pie." Talented, talented family.

[quote] Variety confirms the death.

Ah, well... He had a hot ass, but he couldn't live forever!

[quote] He was even hotter when he was younger opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in a BBC adaptation of Hardy's THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. Lady Olivier played his mama.

I've always had great chemistry with men who are MUCH older than me.

I jacked off to him in Rome.

And he was even hotter now (I love handsome daddy types).

[quote] La Reppublica is literally the Italian The New York Times, but okay.

No, it literally isn’t.

Rome was my jam. All the guys were gorgeous, I was partial to James Purefoy. My sister crushed on Pullo and met RS outside a club. Said he was nice. He’s gone too soon.

He was filming a movie and died? WTF? What illness could be "acquired" that resulted in death - covid?

Now, I'm hoping that his character is killed off by the end of the Ahsoka series this summer because it will be tough if they have to figure out somehow how to work around his death in future shows.

No wife or survivors listed in that Variety obit. Hmmmmm.......

Will always remember him in Rome

Loved him in ROME (so hot!) but it seems like his resume is just filled with Marvel-type crap after that. No wonder I haven't seen him in anything since.

And I guess I sure won't now.

It’s odd because I read this first in the Daily Mail and they barely mentioned Rome. Yet, in the comment section most were fans of his from Rome. I will always be better how fast they canceled that show.

I just rewatched Rome from beginning to end, both seasons. He was great and one of my favorites. Sad news.

Come again, r24?

R9 "literally"

That was a rough 58 - must have been sick for a while, or maybe a hard drinker.

Really good character actor

Typo city, R26. I meant to say when I read about his death in the Daily Mail, they barely mentioned his role in Rome. Yet, most of the comments were about his work on that show. I was *bitter* that they canceled Rome when they did.

Like I know who the hell he is

R31 He had a song called The Streak in the 70s

He had two (or three) sons with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia whom he had met while filming Rome.

Why were his eyelids so hooded? I barely recognized him.

He will forever be my Titus . I thought myself too old to have a celebrity crush,but I had it bad for him. He was a hard 58 ,but I still love him.

Sandwiched in between Thomas Jane and Jon Bernthal, he was a sexy Punisher.

Too bad, he had never presented his massive,thick, unmutilated dong onscreen.

RiP

Meanwhile…

RIP, Titus Pullo

Nooooo

Not Pullo!!!!!!!!

r18 Yes, it literally is, bitch.

R41 You seem literally challenged.

Why no cause of death? 58 is YOUNG.

He was so beautiful in Rome.

A large penis is always welcome.

St. Peter ^

[quote]Sad. I remember him from "Rome." HBO's first attempt at a GoT-style juggernaut.

Ray Stevenson & Kevin McKidd made a good duo in "Rome". The show had some good episodes, although I thought the quality of its writing paled in comparison to "I, Claudius".

Reminds me of Alec Baldwin

R37, I think Ray briefly showed his cock in one of the sex scenes on "Rome".

R30, yeah, it's too bad that Season 2 of "Rome" had to be rushed to a conclusion before it was cancelled. I think the reason given at the time was the out of control huge budget, yes?

For R37:

Ray's cock #1:

For R37:

Ray's cock #2:

R49, from what I remember it was jointly produced by HBO, BBC and an Italian broadcaster. It was very expensive to produce and the Italian company, and maybe the BBC as well, dropped out of funding S2. So HBO produced the last season and announced it would end. I remember reading they regretted canceling it because between the seasons it exploded in popularity. It became one of HBO’s classics.

It never stops running around the world. Like Battlestar Galactica it's made a fortune since.

He's covered in the blood of his fatally miscarrying wife in those nude scenes.

I loved "The Streak."

R30- As far as I’m concerned Rome was the last good show on HBO. I wish they had 10 seasons of Rome. I never got into game of thrones.

R49- I read once that the whole set for Rome had burned down and it was far too expensive to rebuild and that was the reason that they only had two seasons of the show.

But Parker is still safe? Parker must be protected at all costs!

Oh, he was too young.. I adored Pullo but I had never seen him in anything else. He did look a rough 58- looks like a heavy drinker. RIP

[quote]It's hard to believe he was just 58.

R14 He would have turned 59 on May 25. He died four days before his birthday.

I guess those photos explain why Ray never did more nude scenes.

This is an outrage. If a guy is going to show cock on a cable TV show, he should show it long enough and he should be well lit enough that we get a good look.

Next up after the break we have the great Ray Stevenson, who wrote the theme song to “Ghostbusters.”

I've just started Rome, so what I really remember Ray for is Dexter, my absolute favorite show at the time. I give him full credit for turning around the show and giving it this great renaissance, if you will, in season 7.

Of course it would be completely squandered in season 8.

When I first saw this thread, I thought it was about the folksinger from 1970 who wrote the cheesy pop hit "Everything Is Beautiful". He is still walking among us at 84.

It sucks that he died just 4 days before his birthday.

No word on cause of death which makes me think it’s drugs. They can see a blood clot, a blocked artery, a hemorrhage during autopsy. But toxicology takes months sometimes. Plus I think they withhold the drug death info until a lon*BTK e after the death so people aren’t paying attention anymore

I loved his 1974 hit 'The Streak."

R65 scan-reading the title as I scrolled, I thought it was Ray Winstone, and was about to get all laudatory about 'Scum'.

R28 We have been waiting for you.