Robert Oliver Reed

1938 - 1999
LocationDied
Age61 years
Cause of DeathHeart Attack
Date of Birth13/02/1938
Date of Death02/05/1999
Visitors290 since 01/04/2009
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When Oliver Reed died in May 1999, the world lost one of it's most compelling on-screen presences -
and most colourful off-screen personalities. Since then his catalogue of work spanning over forty
years seems to have been largely forgotten or ignored. Remarkable for an actor who at the height of
his career was Britain's most highly paid and internationally famous film star; unfortunate for a
man who later became infamous for his TV appearances and off-screen antics rather than his earlier
film successes.

Whether he was brawling with the Cardinal's guards as Athos in The Three Musketeers or staggering
his way through singing The Wild One on a TV chat show, there can be little doubt that Oliver Reed
never did anything half-heartedly.

"Life should be lived and that's all there is to it", he once remarked - and he certainly lived his
life with a gusto that has rarely been equalled.

That such a colourful and eventful life should go un-commemorated would be a great loss; a waste of
the story of not only a talented and constantly underrated actor, but of a man who knew from an
early age what we may only come to realise in later life; that life is short - and should be enjoyed
to the full and in the best way we know how.


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do you know the number
please do you know the number for heaven up above i want to make a call to someone that i love,telephone directories enquiries,oh yes i have tried them all,i even asked the local priest because he talks to god you see i thought he,d have a direct line but he was no help to me,i tried the yellow pages but nothing seem to fit i just want to talk to you for just a little bit, love theresa xxx

Theresa Waters May 2, 2009

remembering you ollie in the saychelles, when you done castaway, what a good time we had, i look at the photos alot & think of all the fun there, & i remember when you showed me your tattoo the first day i meet you was i red or what, take care & rest in peace, gill,

Gill Gillard April 2, 2009
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