LOS ANGELES—Peter Fonda, best known for his role in “Easy Rider,” has died.
His family says in a statement that Fonda died on the morning of Aug. 16 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79.
The official cause of death was respiratory failure due to lung cancer.
“In one of the saddest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our hearts,” the family said in a statement. “As we grieve, we ask that you respect our privacy.”
He is the brother of Jane Fonda and son of Henry Fonda.
Fonda was born in New York in 1940. He was only 10 years old when his mother Frances Ford Seymour died. Fonda had an estranged relationship with his father, but said that they grew closer over the years before Henry Fonda died in 1982.
Peter Fonda earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing “Easy Rider.” He never won an Oscar but would later be nominated for best actor in “Ulee’s Gold.”
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Epoch Times reporter Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
