'Easy Rider' star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79

08-18-2019 • apnews.com, LINDSEY BAHR and ANDREW DALTON

Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," died Friday at his home of complications from lung cancer. He was 79.