RIP R. Lee Ermey

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R. Lee Ermey has gone on to the big boot camp in the sky...

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R. Lee Ermey, legendary Marine and one of the most memorable actors from the movie “Full Metal Jacket,” died Sunday.

Ermey passed away from complications of pneumonia, Bill Rogin, Ermey’s long-time manager, said in a statement on Twitter.

“It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Ermey(“The Gunny”) passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. He will be greatly missed by all of us,“ Rogin wrote.

In a statement to Marine Corps Times, Rogin added that nobody was prepared for the “terrible loss” of Ermey.