James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption and the grandad to Survivor’s Matty Whitnore) seen in an interview with TMZ on 11/7/2008. He was diagnosed with lung cancer around this time in 2008. He died from the disease at the age of 87 on February 6, 2009, at his Malibu, California home. : r/lastimages Skip to main content

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James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption and the grandad to Survivor’s Matty Whitnore) seen in an interview with TMZ on 11/7/2008. He was diagnosed with lung cancer around this time in 2008. He died from the disease at the age of 87 on February 6, 2009, at his Malibu, California home.

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r/lastimages - James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption and the grandad to Survivor’s Matty Whitnore) seen in an interview with TMZ on 11/7/2008. He was diagnosed with lung cancer around this time in 2008. He died from the disease at the age of 87 on February 6, 2009, at his Malibu, California home.
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u/dontyieldbackshield avatar

Brooks was here.

"The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry."

Beat me to it

I literally cried.

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“Sometimes I think I should get me a gun and rob the food mart. That way they would send me home” is one of the absolute saddest lines in movie history.

u/nerf-anakin avatar

Incredible performance in shawshank. Everyone remembers brooks

Easy peasy japaneasy

u/Woperelli87 avatar

Oh wow I had no clue that was Matty’s grandpa

Oh wtf he's Matty's grandpa?

Massive Survivor Fan here

He has a great performance in the Twilight zone episode “On Thursday We Leave for Home”