Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Rose" co-stars Frederic Forrest, left, Bette Midler and Alan Bates in 1979, when the movie opened in theaters. Forrest has ...

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June 24 (UPI) --Valley Girl, 21 Jump Street, Apocalypse Now and The Rose actor Frederic Forrest has died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 86. Forrest's friend, actor Barry Primus, confirmed ...

Frederic Forrest, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Sgt. Huston Dyer while starring opposite Bette Midler in The Rose, has died. He was 86. It was Midler who announced the tragic news on ...

Actor Frederic Forrest, who was nominated for an Academy Award in “The Rose” and played the high-strung Jay “Chef” Hicks in “Apocalypse Now,” died Friday. He was 86. Forrest died at his home in Santa ...

Frederic Forrest, known for roles in "Apocalypse Now" and "The Rose," died on Friday. He was 86. "Freddie Forrest's passing is a big loss," Forrest's longtime friend and fellow actor, Barry Primus, ...

"The Rose" co-stars Frederic Forrest, left, Bette Midler and Alan Bates in 1979, when the movie opened in theaters. Forrest has died at 86. (Ira Schwarz / Associated Press) Frederic Forrest, the actor ...

Frederic Forrest, a character actor who had a memorable role in 1979’s “Apocalypse Now” and earned an Oscar nomination for “The Rose” in the same year, died Friday in Santa Monica. He was 86.

Oscar-nominated character actor Frederic Forrest, who starred in The Rose and Apocalypse Now, died Friday in Santa Monica, Calif. at 86 after a long illness. Bette Midler, his former costar, shared ...