![]() The network provides an inviting place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel is one of the leading cable television networks featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. New website features will include a sound board glossary, in which the user clicks on a favorite "Gunny" word to get its definition - and also hear him repeat the word. Lee Ermey, with exciting footage, information and images. , the definitive historical online resource, will complement Mail Call and the other programming hosted by R. Recent episodes have taken Gunny away from base camp, with more practical demonstrations shot on location in the field. ![]() Lee Ermey answers viewers' questions about the evolution of combat technology, submitted online at through on-location demonstrations and short segments that provide historical context on each topic. For the 8th season, which premiered on Maat 10pm ET/9pm CT, the hit series has expanded to an hour-long program. Mail Call first aired on The History Channel in August 2002 as a half-hour series and quickly acquired a devoted following. Lee helps us express our commitment in this genre to audiences and our troops across all platforms," said Dubuc. "Military history is such a relevant brand for us given the times we live in today and R. An impressed Kubrick gave him the role.Ermey will also play a major role in the network's online sites and. Ermey had been brought on as a technical consultant for the 1987 film, but he had his eyes on the role of the brutal gunnery sergeant and filmed his own audition tape of him yelling out insults while tennis balls flew at him. The part he would become most well-known for, in Full Metal Jacket, wasn't even originally his. He raked in more than 60 credits in film and television across his long career in the industry, often playing authority figures in everything from Se7en to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. His first film credit was as a helicopter pilot in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, which was quickly followed by a part in The Boys in Company C as a drill instructor. The knowledge of him passing brings back wonderful memories of our time together."īorn Ronald Lee Ermey in 1944, Ermey served eleven years in the Marine Corps and spent fourteen months in Vietnam and then in Okinawa, Japan, where he became staff sergeant. Vincent D'Onofrio added: "Ermey was the real deal. Rage, rage against the dying of the light," Modine wrote, quoting the Dylan Thomas poem. ![]() ![]() His co-stars Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio tweeted their condolences Sunday evening. The Kanas native was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his memorable performance in Full Metal Jacket, in which he immortalized lines such as: "What is your major malfunction?" Ermey's longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, has died. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. ![]()
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