Who is Don Simpson?
Don Simpson is a actor from United States (age 82).
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- Don Simpson
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- October 29, 1943
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- 82 years
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- Scorpio
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- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Actor
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Biography
Don Simpson is 82 years old, an actor, from United States.
Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 – January 19, 1996) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor, known for his work on blockbuster films of the 1980s and 1990s. Simpson entered the film industry in the 1970s and worked at Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures.
He eventually began a professional partnership with Jerry Bruckheimer, and together, they produced hit films such as Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Top Gun (1986), and The Rock (1996), the latter released posthumously. As his stature in Hollywood grew, Simpson became notorious for his debauched lifestyle, which included severe and longstanding substance abuse, and he ultimately died from heart failure caused by an overdose of cocaine and prescription drugs.
By the time of his death, his and Bruckheimer's films had grossed over $3 billion worldwide.
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