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Originally Posted by techweenie View Post
We used him in an Olympia Beer commercial.
It was one of the favorite things he ever did, and when he was preparing his suicide, he contacted his agent to arrange for the commercial to be played at his memorial service. It was quite an event with a country western band, and virtually everyone who had ever been or played a cowboy in Hollywood present.

https://youtu.be/eSnqQFY8fZ0?si=zVsPUWSgPsgdiUBZ
Very cool! Chiat/Day was the heavy hitter in the ad world.

I wished I could have worked with him. He always seemed cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails. I did get to work with Ben Johnson. Nice guy and another badass stuntman.
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