Roy Scheider’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) November 10, 1932
Death Date February 10, 2008
Age of Death 75 years
Cause of Death Multiple Myeloma
Place of Death UAMS Family Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Profession Movie Actor
The movie actor Roy Scheider died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Actor who played Amity’s heroic police chief Martin Brody in the classic horror film Jaws, starred as Joe Gideon in the 1979 musical film All That Jazz and portrayed Detective “Cloudy” Russo in 1971’s The French Connection.
He married his second wife, actress Brenda King, in February 1989. He had three children named Christian, Maximillia and Molly.
How did Roy Scheider die?
In 2004, Scheider was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell.
In June 2005, he received a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer.
He died on February 10, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital.
Quotes
"“The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in.”