Taylor Negron. Dead at 57

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http://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/

Sources are confirming that comedian Taylor Negron has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. Chuck Negron, Taylors cousin, of the 70s band Three Dog Night, released an online video with the sad news today saying, I want to inform you that my cousin Taylor Negron just passed away. His mother, his brother Alex and my brother Rene and his wife Julie were all there with him. May he rest in peace. [scroll down for video]

Negron was born in Glendale, CA on August 1, 1957, the son of Lucy (née Rosario) and Conrad Negron, Sr., a former mayor of Indian Wells, CA. He studied with Lee Strasberg and even had a private comedy seminar with Lucille Ball. Negron interned for Ball when she was 68 years old and he was 19. Negron told KCET last May, I learned from Lucy that you never get what you really want and you have to be flexible. Further adding what he gained from her, What I learned from her was what she learned from Buster Keaton know your props, know what youre doing, know where the exit is, know the entrances, know where the camera is. Get there early. Know everyone on the set. Do not pull any funny business. Be a professional. Negron started stand-up when he was in high school, getting a spot at the Comedy Store and began cutting his teeth as an extra in movies. He made his full film acting debut in 1982s soap satire Young Doctors in Love as a love-struck, pill-popping, dancing intern. He was also reknowned for playing Mr. Pizza Guy in Fasts Times at Ridgemont High and Rodney Dangerfields son-in-law in Easy Money. Negron told KCET, I became the alternative everyman in movies.

He played the villain Milo in 1991s The Last Boy Scout. Said Negron on the role in the same KCET interview, It wasnt a stretch, but it came as a surprise to me, because Bruce Willis, Tony Scott and Joel Silver had this idea in their head. So when they offered me the part, I thought it was a joke and they had made a mistake in the printing that I was going to play the first goombah to the left. I realized very early on that Joel and dear, dear Tony Scott really cared about appearances, so with great detail they blonded my hair and gave me that asymmetrical 60s cut. It was like Hitler, only softer. I wore Dolce & Gabbana clothing and I looked so strange and otherworldly, and just by the sheer virtue of the fact that I had a gun in my hand, that did all the acting for me.

So nice, his energy would light up a room.
It was hard not to spot Negron in any film as his credits were numerous in a melange of cult pics such as Punchline, One Crazy Summer, Angels in the Outfield, Nothing But Trouble, Stuart Little and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. He even reprised his role as the peeved Pizza Guy in Amy Heckerlings 2012 film Vamps.

In TV, Negron started off with appearances as himself on 1970s The Dating Game, and made a reputation as a hysterical guest star on 2001s Hollywood Squares. Just as Negron was in demand in film, so was he in TV where he guest-starred, equally playing comedy and gravitas, on a slew of iconic TV series including Hill Street Blues, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Ben Stiller Show, Seinfeld, ER, Hope and Gloria, Party of Five, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Zoey 101 and The Wizards of Waverly Place. Negron played in eight episodes of The Hughleys as Chuck Ballard. Close your eyes and think back and youll remember Negron as the prosaic E! spokesperson during their late 1980s interstitial when the channel first launched, exclaiming every single vowel pronunciation of Eeee. In 1995, he landed the role of arrogant, annally narcissitc TV station manager Gwillem Blatt on NBCs sitcom Hope & Gloria. The shows co-creator Cheri Steinkellner praised Negron to the L.A. Times saying, Hes so hugely unique and funny, they totally broke the mold when they made himHes like no one on TV, unless he replicates himselfwhich I wouldnt be surprised if he could. Negron met Hope & Gloria creators Cheri and Bill Steinkellner in 1978 when they were partners in the Comedy Store Players.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eEZAxlmnL4

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I'm the man.....I am so bad I should be in detention.

 

Also the inspiration for an Anthrax song.

 

RIP Taylor Negron.