01of 14Universal/REX/ShutterstockBill Paxton grabbed actor Ilan Mitchell-Smith in a still from 1985’sWeird Science.

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Bill Paxton grabbed actor Ilan Mitchell-Smith in a still from 1985’sWeird Science.

02of 14Universal/Getty ImagesBill Paxton looked serious in a still from 1995’sApollo 13.

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Bill Paxton looked serious in a still from 1995’sApollo 13.

03of 14Amblin/Universal/Warners/REX/ShutterstockBill Paxton starred with Helen Hunt in the 1996 classicTwister.

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Bill Paxton starred with Helen Hunt in the 1996 classicTwister.

04of 14Merie W. Wallace/20th Centur/REX/ShutterstockBill Paxton played a treasure hunter in the 1997 megahitTitanic.Here he acts in a scene with Gloria Stuart and Suzy Amis.

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Bill Paxton played a treasure hunter in the 1997 megahitTitanic.Here he acts in a scene with Gloria Stuart and Suzy Amis.

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Bill Paxton starred in 1998’sA Simple Plan.

07of 14Gregg DeGuire/WireImageBill Paxton hugged wife Louise Newbury at the premiere of the 2001 filmFrailty.

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Bill Paxton hugged wife Louise Newbury at the premiere of the 2001 filmFrailty.

08of 14Pool BENAINOUS/CATARINA/Gamma-Rapho/Getty ImagesBill Paxton (left) posed withTitanicdirector James Cameron at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

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Bill Paxton (left) posed withTitanicdirector James Cameron at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

09of 14Dan MacMedan/WireImageBill Paxton arrived at the 2009Emmy Awardsin Los Angeles.

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Bill Paxton arrived at the 2009Emmy Awardsin Los Angeles.

10of 14Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicBill Paxton threw the first pitch at a Dodgers game in L.A. in 2009.

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Bill Paxton threw the first pitch at a Dodgers game in L.A. in 2009.

11of 14Steve Granitz/WireImageBill Paxton and his wife Louise Newbury struck a pose on the red carpet at the 2012Emmy Awards.

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Bill Paxton and his wife Louise Newbury struck a pose on the red carpet at the 2012Emmy Awards.

12of 14Think Factory Media/REX/ShutterstockBill Paxton looked nearly unrecognizable in 2012’sHatfields and The McCoys.He was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance.

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Bill Paxton looked nearly unrecognizable in 2012’sHatfields and The McCoys.He was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance.

13of 14Gregg DeGuire/WireImageBill Paxton posed on the red carpet with his son James Paxton (left) during the 2016 premiere ofThe Finest Hours.

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Bill Paxton posed on the red carpet with his son James Paxton (left) during the 2016 premiere ofThe Finest Hours.

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Justin Cornwell (left) and Bill Paxton presented the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture at the 48th annual NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 11, 2017.

source: people.com