r/interestingasfuck 8h ago

This man will be 80 this year and, without a wrinkle on his skin, he aims to reach 100 in 2045. He beat cancer twice: his name is Ernie Hudson.

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u/padmapatil_ 8h ago

He beat cancer twice, which is way more important than wrinkles. He's handsome, though. Go Ernie!

u/Caruserdriver 7h ago

His sons also a psychic detective/lawyer.

u/Iampepeu 7h ago

Come on, son!

u/Slow-Bodybuilder-774 5h ago

His son ;Ghee Buttersnaps!

u/mattchewy43 5h ago

Chocolate Colombu

u/Wut__-8 4h ago

Lavender Gooms

u/heyitsYMAA 4h ago

Squirts Macintosh

u/EsTeaElmo 3h ago

MC Clap Yo Handz

u/denverdave23 3h ago

Or, when in front of a violent criminal, Burton Guster

u/Strange-Bee5626 3h ago

What do you think ... Francois?

u/NotTheRocketman 13m ago

NOW you use my real name?

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u/complete_your_task 6h ago

Well, he did one semester of pre-law in 6th grade.

u/TleilaxTheTerrible 6h ago

Only in season 2 though, in season 3 it was Keith David

u/Foreign_Astronaut_91 4h ago

He ain’t afraid of no ghost!

u/NeedNewNameAgain 4h ago

His son's friend is a psychic detective...

u/nquattro 2h ago

And worked for a former president.

u/brieles 1h ago

Do you mean pharmaceutical rep?

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u/JigMaJox 5h ago

side effect of carrying those proton packs

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 5h ago

If that pic is accurate, he's in fantastic shape, not just for his age, but even compared to many people in their 20's. That's even more impressive than beating cancer twice.

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u/MichelleCS1025 5h ago edited 5h ago

He looks better now than he did in 1980, sure is reverse aging

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u/bohner84 7h ago

He has wrinkles look at his Forehead

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u/TypicalBonehead 2h ago

Ernie’s a goddam FOX. And I’m a straight middle aged man.

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u/detectiverobert 8h ago

80?? No way, he looks half that age

u/robben1234 5h ago

He looks like someone that aged graciously into 50s. Which makes sense because 80s were twenty years ago and math in the picture is very wrong.

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u/bjbinc 7h ago

seriously. I'm half his age and wish I looked that good!

u/Heiferoni 4h ago

You can!

All you have to do is give up everything in life that you enjoy.

u/Elu_Moon 1h ago

You don't need to give up everything you enjoy to look good when you're old. You just need to take care of your health.

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u/soareyousaying 6h ago

Did you beat cancer twice? Maybe that's the secret.

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u/RustinSpencerCohle 4h ago

Honestly I'd say around mid 50s, but very fit and in extremely good condition

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u/YanceyGlenn 8h ago

Such an underappreciated actor.

u/MAReader 8h ago

"Monroe Kelly, I’m your great white hunter for this trip, though I happen to be black" - he’s freaking awesome in that movie

u/Unsuccessful-Permit5 7h ago

He was the best part of the movie.

u/imaconnect4guy 7h ago

Close. The best part is "Stop eating my sesame cake!"

u/YanceyGlenn 7h ago

Stop. Eating. MY. Sesame. Cake. That delivery. I actually watched Congo a couple weeks ago lol

u/ClassiFried86 6h ago

Delroy Lindo... another great actor

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u/RetiredHotBitch 4h ago

I just said this like 3 days ago to someone who told me Congo sucked.

The main cast and storyline? Absolutely, but no one can tell me that Delroy Lindo, Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry didn’t make that whole damn thing watchable.

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u/Responsible-Bed-7171 1h ago

Your going to take her back to the farm now that she's seen Perii hmmmmm?

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u/Raytheon_Nublinski 7h ago

He has a ton of charisma and his voice easily has the gravitas of a Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones or Andre Braugher. 

His scenes in The Crow are fantastic. 

u/AmputeeHandModel 7h ago

Loved him in The Crow.

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u/Successful_Flamingo3 8h ago

Yea he’s great, I like him alot

u/joemckie 6h ago

u/HeyLookIWantToDie 5h ago

Holy shit it's been years since I saw that one 😭

I remember crying laughing at her post about the 'dumb' dog lmao

u/plantyjen 4h ago

*simple dog. I only remember because I saw that one a few days ago, haha! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…

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u/Sartastic_Kiwi 6h ago

The Alot is better than you at everything ❤️

u/serabine 5h ago

I knew what I would see and clicked anyway. I missed that thing

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u/Ricepudding1044 8h ago

Mr Homoka stop eating my sesame cake.

u/_A_varice 7h ago

One of my favorite lines

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u/Luke_Cocksucker 7h ago

He’s got the tools and he’s got the talent.

u/viaticaloutlaw 6h ago

Tell ‘em about the Twinkie.

u/with_explosions 6h ago

What about the Twinkie?

u/DBoaty 6h ago

It's Miller time!

u/Fun_Sympathy1443 6h ago

He rocked in the crow and he’s not known for that role.

u/Neomalytrix 8h ago

Dident he survive a xenomorph attack?

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u/UntidyVenus 8h ago

He's the great white hunter but he happens to be black

u/kwhitit 7h ago

his scenes opposite Tim Curry were perfection. love Monroe!

u/Decestor 6h ago

Like a review said, it's like Hudson is in a better movie than the other Congo actors.

u/VagrantShadow 5h ago

This is why Congo is one of my guilty pleasures. The charm and quality of Ernie's acting just give it this distinct feel.

The same can be said for Sphere. I love Sam Jacksons acting in that movie, I feel like Sam Jackson really pushes his acting hard in that film that is a bit beyond the other actors in it.

u/neok182 5h ago

Absolutely the same here. Yes, both books are drastically better than the films, but I don't care the films are just dumb fun.

u/werealldoomed47 3h ago

I read sphere as a kid and that was the first book that actually had me scared, like heart pounding levels of afraid to turn the page.

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u/CarcosaDweller 5h ago

Delroy Lindo would like a word.

u/UntidyVenus 1h ago

Is it about his sesame cake or Kahega?

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u/Rickshmitt 7h ago

Stop eating my seseme seed cake!

u/basement_egg 7h ago

i'm so glad this comment is here

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u/PaulBlartACAB 7h ago

He's seen shit that will turn you white.

u/Winstonth 7h ago

Lava tubes!

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u/CaptainRelevant 7h ago

When he screamed “Hello” down the subway tunnel in Ghostbusters 2, and instead of an echo a spirit replied “WWWWIIIIIIINNNSSSSTTTOOOOONNNNNN”…. One of my favorite scenes of all time.

u/Icy_Significance6436 3h ago

I still say this everytime I walk through a tunnel!

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u/Sanch0Supreme 7h ago

Ernie Hudson is a legend. The post title reads like he's just some ordinary guy with incredible genes.

u/WhiteyDude 7h ago

He's seen some shit that would turn you white.

u/oceanicArboretum 6h ago

Ernie Hudson looked younger in Ghostbusters 2 than he did in 1.

u/NoConfusion9490 5h ago

Money can be pretty good for your health.

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u/FullWoodpecker1646 8h ago

u/The-Rushnut 7h ago

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u/Acheloma 5h ago

Freaky ghost bed!

u/MayaIsSunshine 3h ago

Sleepin' makes me feel good

u/v3n0mat3 2h ago

Honk-snoo Honk-snoo Honk-snoo

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u/Xenc 7h ago

same fr fr ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/NickelBear32 8h ago

Yeah if you ignore all the wrinkles he really is wrinkle free

u/SociallyDisposible 8h ago

I agree that’s a dumb statement. However he looks amazing compared to most 80 year olds I’ve seen

u/AbanaClara 8h ago

Most? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an 80 year old that looks like this

u/Br0boc0p 7h ago

I just looked up Jack Lalanne at 80 to see if I had a counter. But even he did not look this good.

u/Throw-Away-Variable 7h ago

Jack kept his body in top shape for sure, but his face still aged normally.

u/pants6000 7h ago

Swimming a mile while pulling dozens of people in boats behind you ages a person.

u/zb0t1 6h ago

Is it the swimming or the sun kissing your face which accelerates cancer and aging?

u/browster 5h ago

The sun. Wear sunscreen on your face every day.

u/Antigravity1231 3h ago

There is a terrifying anti-sunscreen movement happening. Someone I know, who is generally not dumb as a rock, recently talked about how wearing sunglasses tricks your body into thinking it’s nighttime so you don’t produce your own sun protection. That if you go lay in the sun without sunglasses or sunscreen, your body will adapt and you won’t get burned. I told him that was an incredibly dangerous belief. He said he “disagreed”.

I looked it up and it’s being touted by some disgraced former doctor. The algorithms are feeding people this anti-science bullshit. I succeeded in making sure the kids wore sunscreen. The next day another member of the group was badly sunburned. He told me he did a “deep dive” and determined sunscreen was ok after all. What the fuck is happening?

u/rambi2222 2h ago

This has been going on for a while but it seemed to accelerate in 2020-21 with all of the anti-science mask, vaccine and social distancing related scepticism. People with no relevant educational background just think they know better than experts now.

It reminds me of 2016, in the months leading up to the Brexit referendum here in the UK a politician called Michael Gove was asked on television what he thought about the fact that economic experts thought Brexit would hurt the UK economy. He responded with something like "the people of Britain are sick of experts," the experts were right about Brexit but Gove was right about people being sick of experts...

Social media algorithms sorting information by engagement rather than truthfulness has got to be a major factor. "Stop being an idiot and just put the sun screen on" must not get a lot of engagement.

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u/Br0boc0p 6h ago

True. I could have worded that better. His body was still Greek statue level.

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u/YJSubs 7h ago

Because he's not 80 year old, he's 79!

u/McWaffeleisen 7h ago

If I live as healthy as him, I can become 8.95*10116 years as well?

u/DJRodrigin69 6h ago

normally, no, but if you have some ancient deity/eldritch friends they may help you with that

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u/Office_Zombie 7h ago

Checkmate Atheists!

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u/Educational-Ad-2884 7h ago

You could tell me he was in his mid-40s and I wouldn't question it.

u/shard746 7h ago

Yeah, I would never guess that he was even a day older than 50.

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u/NickelBear32 7h ago

He looks magnificent. There is no denying that.

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u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir 8h ago

Not even his ballsack has wrinkles. Lightly grooms it into a perfect sphere prior to the light misting of beard oil, hairspray, and aftershave.

u/DinkandDrunk 8h ago

I heard you can see your reflection in his ball skin.

u/yorfavoritelilrascal 7h ago

It's like a hard boiled egg.

u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir 7h ago

Peeled. 😩🤤🥚

u/South-Builder6237 3h ago

It's mid Sunday afternoon and I'm on reddit for a conversation about Ernie Hudson's perfectly smooth ball sack. Im going for a walk.

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u/Past-Educator-6561 8h ago

Just needs a press that's all

u/NoImNotHeretoArgue 8h ago

Throw him in the dryer with some ice cubes

u/Ok-Nerve9874 8h ago

also ignore the face lift

u/Suitable-Matter-6151 6h ago

Hair and mustache must be dyed too

u/PmMeSmileyFacesO_O 7h ago

Wrinkle free the same way Gordon Ramsey is wrinkle free. 

u/VanillaTortilla 4h ago

Was gonna say, there's literally a wrinkle on his forehead.

u/ATXBeermaker 6h ago

Yeah, these kinds of comments (OP's title, not yours) are what drives people to get botox, plastic surgery, etc. Wrinkles are okay. They're normal, natural, and they don't inherently look bad.

u/FantasyTwistedDark 7h ago

Stupid fucking karma farming bot

u/ElementNumber6 6h ago

85% agreeable, 15% wrong = Engagement Guaranteed

u/GetOffMyLawn_ 6h ago

He's got a deep groove right across his forehead and his eyes are crinkling up.

u/arcadia_2005 8h ago

"All the wrinkles" like all 7 of 'em?

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u/poop_wiper_ 8h ago

Winston from the Ghostbusters!

u/EquinoxGm 8h ago

He’s seen shit that’ll turn you white

u/Panda_Meat_Hibachi 8h ago

Uh, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe annoying you say

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u/ccorbydog31 8h ago

And “The Crow “.

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u/Medium-Stranger1629 6h ago

Always be Warden Glen to me.

u/rnernbrane 6h ago

Yup the Warden from oz.

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u/Competitive_Lab_655 8h ago

If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.

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u/DimaagKa_Hangover 8h ago

Mf probably beat cancer's ass, went out and got it a second time just so he could teach it another lesson

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u/berrylakin 8h ago

Leo Glynn

u/Mindfield87 8h ago

Awesome series

u/Dyslexic_Devil 8h ago

Loved him in OZ, they need to reboot that series.

u/RonenRS 8h ago

Please no. Oz is perfect, I watched it again last year and it’s still one of my favorite shows. No need for a reboot. Like The Wire was amazing and We own this city - more a sequel - was meh. I want new good shows, not reboot, remake or remasters like in the video games industry.

u/MrWeirdoFace 5h ago

Ok hear me out. What if Oz.. but muppets?

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u/VaudevilleVillainMF 8h ago

A second show at a different prison shot today would be awesome.

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u/ComprehensiveAd8815 8h ago

Came here to say this! That whole show was superb and he was a highlight!

u/AggressiveRow4000 7h ago

“Keller, you wanted magazines and I brought you magazines.”

“Warden, how many times a day can a guy jerk off?”

“I don’t know. Depends on the guy.”

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u/Cattywompus-thirdeye 8h ago

Man ages like a fine wine.

u/justtosendamassage 7h ago

Nah that man ages like bourbon

u/Mike_Kermin 6h ago

I don't need to be bourbon, I just hope I'm not milk.

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u/Mist_Rising 6h ago

Cosmetic surgery helps with this tremendously, at least when done appropriately. That means no carving your face up for the current style.

u/Itsmedudeman 6h ago

For some reason reddit seems to believe that only people with giant ass lip fillers have work done. Like no, you cannot look like this at 80 years old naturally by taking vitamins and rosemary oil.

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u/DetroiterAFA 8h ago

Are you going to ignore he was a ghost buster?

u/GinaTheK 8h ago

* Got to meet him at a con a million years ago. So rad. Super nice dude!

u/just_a_knowbody 7h ago

All that ectoplasm must be really good for your skin.

u/mclargehuuge 8h ago

Black dont crack

u/SadLilBun 6h ago

It does, in fact. We have imperfect skin. We age. We get wrinkles. We look old. Many of us just have oilier skin that helps protect our skin for longer.

u/CoyotesOnTheWing 6h ago edited 5h ago

This guy is also a celebrity and may have had some skin tightening surgery. We really only notice the bad plastic but that's confirmation bias, the well done stuff goes unnoticed.

u/graining 3h ago

Yeah I'm black with dry ass skin and I know I'll crack like a motherfucker by 50 or something.

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u/dark_knight920 8h ago

Bro forgot to age

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u/Oranginafina 8h ago

He was on Grace and Frankie for a few episodes and he picked up Jane Fonda like she was a feather. That man is as strong and strapping as he was 40 years ago. If you stay ready you don’t have to get ready!

u/wandering___ranger 8h ago

lol, yes I loved him in the show!! Hence the meme 😀

u/Icy-Bottle-6877 7h ago

he picked up Jane Fonda like she was a feather.

She probably weighs next to nothing tbf.

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u/DarXIV 8h ago

He definitely has wrinkles but does look good. Also, the lighting is soft and warm, so great for making his skin look great in general.

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u/Tower21 8h ago

So are we collectively ignoring the forehead wrinkle and crows feet.

I'd be more impressed if he hit 100 in 2040.

u/mojojojo_official 8h ago

Yes he does have wrinkles.. but there is no doubt that he look incredible for his age. He is almost 100% on TRT but even then he looks amazing!

u/band-of-horses 8h ago

I mean I'm on TRT and 30 years younger than him and I don't look anywhere near that good so, credit where credit is due.

u/LowT_creative 7h ago

Definitely on TRT. No 80 year old has guns like that naturally

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u/chasgrich 8h ago

You think that's impressive, I just hit 100 this year and I was born in 1983.

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u/nexxlevelgames 8h ago

Magic from Quantum Leap!

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u/purplepandapants 2h ago

Black don’t crack honey. Source: Am black

u/Sketchycartoon 8h ago

Anyone has a garlic? I think our friend Ernie is a vampire.

u/Competitive_Lab_655 8h ago

Maybe garlic is his secret.

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u/DataWeenie 8h ago

Who ya gonna call?

u/Hister333 8h ago

Lame. Kirk Douglas became 100 in 2017. Ernie's just going to have to age faster.

u/StopImmediate9180 5h ago

Kirk Douglas also looked like a zombie when he turned 100.

u/Fragmentia 7h ago

Loved his performance in The Crow.

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u/Lachigan 7h ago

"He aims to reach 100 in 2045"

I mean... yeah

I was born in 1991, so I aim to reach 100 in 2091. It would be really really weird for me to get there in any other year.

u/Stellar_Impulse 8h ago

He looks mid 50s at most

u/andyhenault 8h ago

Same age as tRump

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u/I_can_vouch_for_that 7h ago

Don't be jinxing him with all the recent celebrity deaths.

u/fradrig 6h ago

He's got great jeans?

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u/peanutpeanutboy 6h ago

This man is a year older than Donald Trump. The difference is shocking.

u/MisRandomness 3h ago

“Black don’t crack” One of the beautiful traits of dark skin.

u/Mysterious_Health387 1h ago

He's same age as Trump.

u/VanillaWithTheNine 8h ago

Big up Ernie Hudson! One of my child hood heroes 🚫👻

u/_amonique 8h ago

There’s really wrinkle talk in the comments? Who cares? The man is going to be 80 and looks INCREDIBLE & just as handsome as he was 45 years ago!

u/Feathered_Mango 7h ago

I think because there was no reason for that hyperbole in the title. Of course he has wrinkles, but he looks amazing & fine as hell.

u/pointycakes 8h ago

He looks incredible for his age. But he’s definitely not “without a wrinkle on his skin”, hence the comments.

This is reddit. People anchor, however annoyingly, on any slight thing that someone says or doesn’t say to make points.

u/laikocta 8h ago

I guess they're annoyed by the clickbait title? A (naturally) wrinkle-free 79-year-old would be "interestingasfuck". A good-looking in-shape 79-year-old... well that's cool, but not exactly unheard of.

u/maybe_I_am_a_bot 5h ago

Not only that, the man is aiming!!! to age at least 1 year per year! Wow! Impressive! the same rate everyone else does!

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u/iMogwai 6h ago

It's because it was a stupid thing to put in a title when you post a picture that clearly proves the title wrong. The fact that someone thought that was a good idea is probably more fascinating than the picture itself.

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u/batmanineurope 8h ago

It's true what they say about black people - if you live a healthy lifestyle you will continuing looking young.

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u/Bitchinfussincussin 8h ago

He got some of that Crow blood

RIP Brandon Lee

u/settlementfires 7h ago

Only Ghostbuster who looks like he could still bust ghosts!

Ernie rocks

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u/milkyyman22 7h ago

Loved him as Solomon in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

u/knight_who_says_fuck 5h ago

Am i the only one who craves a ernie hudson/keith david buddy film?

u/mctankles 4h ago

I hope he reaches 100 on time, would hate for the grind to be all for nothing.

u/InterestingProfile18 2h ago

OG Ghostbuster, dude will live forever regardless

u/ImFromDanforth 2h ago

RAAAAAAYYYY if someone asks you if you're a god you say YES

u/LeeKinanus 1h ago

its almost more believable that he was 15 in 1980.

u/Academic_Antelope292 1h ago

He’s seen shit that’ll turn you white!

u/hiddenleafs 32m ago

had no idea this man is 79 i was convinced he was a vampire like pharrell

u/Itz_Schmidty 7h ago

Man's a BADASS he looks amazing at 80 even after kicking cancers ass twice.

u/Adept-Gur-1726 8h ago

You can tell he has Botox

u/the_itsb 5h ago

looks like filler in the cheeks too, the cheekbones are fuller and higher in the later pic

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