Bill Paxton was an American actor and film director, who portrayed Bill Harding in the 1996 Twister film.
Biography[]
Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an actor and director from Fort Worth, Texas. He began his career in the film industry as a set dresser before transitioning to acting. Paxton was known for his roles in iconic films such as "The Terminator", Aliens, Predator 2, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic, U-571, Edge of Tomorrow, and Nightcrawler.
Role in "Twister"[]
Bill Paxton was the lead role in "Twister", he plays as Bill Harding: A former storm chaser who also tries to get a data-gathering instrument to be released into the funnel of a tornado during a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma.
Death[]
Bill Paxton died on February 25, 2017 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 61 years old.
Tributes[]
The Spotter Network choreographed 200 storm chasers to spell out BP with their GPS tracker blips to honor him. It has been done 5 times when 5 storm chasers died in the past, but it was the first time it's been done to honor someone that's not a storm chaser.