Obituary : Jonny Depp passes away

Jonny Depp

Jonny Depp passed away this morning at his residence in Los Angeles in Beverly hills leaving his
family and millions of fans grieving. John Christopher Depp II born June 9, 1963 is an American actor,
producer, and musician. He has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards, winning one for Best
Actor for his performance of the title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , and
has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Actor, among other accolades. Depp made
his film debut in the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, before rising to prominence as a teen idol
on the television series 21 Jump Street . He had a supporting role in Oliver Stone’s war film Platoon
and played the title character in the romantic fantasy Edward Scissorhands.

Captin Jack sparrow’s wonderful career

Jonny Depp gained critical praise for his portrayals of inept screenwriter-director Ed Wood in the
film of the same name , undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco , author J. M.
Barrie in Finding Neverland and Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass . He has starred in a
number of commercially successful films, including Sleepy Hollow , Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, Corpse Bride , Public Enemies , Alice in Wonderland , The Tourist , Rango , Into the Woods ,
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel. Depp also plays Jack Sparrow in the
swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean . Depp is regarded as one of the world’s biggest
film stars.He is the tenth highest-grossing actor worldwide, as films featuring Depp have grossed
over US$3.7 billion at the United States box office and over US$10 billion worldwide. He has been
listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the world’s highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75
million. Depp has collaborated on eight films with director, producer, and friend Tim Burton. He was
inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015. In addition to acting, Depp has also worked as a musician. He
has performed in numerous musical groups, including forming the rock supergroup Hollywood
Vampires along with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.

Jonny Depp’s beginnings

Depp was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky,the youngest of four children of waitress
Betty Sue Palmer and civil engineer John Christopher Depp . Depp moved frequently during
his childhood. He and his siblings lived in more than 20 different places, eventually settling in
Miramar, Florida in 1970. Depp’s parents divorced in 1978 when he was 15. His mother
married Robert Palmer, whom Depp has called “an inspiration”. At the 2016 Grammys, Depp
played a song in tribute to Palmer, stating, “So the words of the song was this toast by my
stepfather, who made his exit about 15 years ago. He was this really cool guy. He was a bit of
a rounder. He spent about half his life in prison, in Statesville, Illinois said Jonny Depp . His
mother gifted him a guitar when he was 12 , and he got interested in music and started
playing in various bands . A year after his parents’ divorce, he dropped out of Miramar High
School to become a rock musician; he attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but
the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. He played with The Kids, a
band that enjoyed modest local success, from 1980 to 1984. The Kids set out together for
Los Angeles in pursuit of a record deal, changing their name to Six Gun Method, but the
group split up before signing a record deal. Depp subsequently collaborated with the band
Rock City Angels and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on their debut Greffen
records  album Young Man's Blues. On December 20, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison,
the sister of his band's bassist and singer. During their marriage, she worked as a makeup
artist while he worked a variety of odd jobs, including as a telemarketer for a pen company.
His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to pursue an acting career.

Jonny Depp is primarily of English descent, with some French, German, and Irish ancestry. He
is descended from a French Huguenot immigrant and from colonial freedom fighter
Elizabeth Key Grinstead , daughter of an English planter and his African slave. In interviews
in 2002 and 2011, Depp claimed to have Native American ancestry, stating, “I guess I have
some Native American somewhere down the line. My great-grandmother was quite a bit of
Native American, she grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian, This led to criticism from the
Native American community, as Depp has no documented Native ancestry, Critical response
to his claims from the Native community increased after this, including satirical portrayals of
Depp by Native comedians.

Depp in films

Depp's first film role was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street in which he played the
boyfriend of heroine Nancy Thompson . After a starring role in the comedy Private Resort ,
Depp was cast in the lead role of the skating drama Thrashin’ by the film’s director, but the
decision was later overridden by its producer. Depp became a teen idol during the late
1980s, when he starred as an undercover police officer in a high school operation in the Fox
television series 21 Jump Street, which premiered in 1987. In 1990, Depp played the title
character in Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands, in which he starred opposite Dianne
Wiest and Winona Ryder. The film was a commercial and critical success with a domestic
gross of $53 million. It began his long association with Burton . Depp’s first film release in
1990 was John Waters’ Cry-Baby, a musical comedy set in the 1950s. Although it was not a
box office success upon its initial release but gradually over time it gained success and
obtained cult status . He then starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis in
Lasse Hallström’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, a drama about a dysfunctional family. In 1997,
Depp starred alongside Al Pacino in the crime drama Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike
Newell. He portrayed Joseph D. Pistone, an undercover FBI Agent who assumes the name
‘Donnie Brasco’ in order to infiltrate the mafia in New York City. To prepare for the role,
Depp spent time with the real-life Joe Pistone, on whose memoirs the film was based.
Donnie Brasco was a commercial and critical success, and is considered to contain one of
Depp’s finest performances.

Captin Jack sparrow that pushed him to the pinnacle

In 2003, Depp starred in the Walt Disney Pictures adventure film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl, which was a major box office success. He earned widespread acclaim for his comic
performance as pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for
Best Actor. Depp has said that Sparrow is “definitely a big part of me” , Studio executives had at first
been ambivalent about Depp's portrayal but the character became popular with audiences .

Depp was nominated again

Depp was again nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Scottish
author J. M. Barrie in the film Finding Neverland . The following year he starred as Willy Wonka in
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which reunited him with director Tim Burton, with whom he had
not collaborated since Sleepy Hollow. The film was a box office success and had a positive critical
welcome with Depp being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
Musical or Comedy. Chocolate Factory was followed by another Burton project, stop-motion
animation Corpse Bride , in which Depp voiced the character Victor Van Dort. Depp reprised the role
of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates sequels Dead Man's Chest and At World's End both of which were
major box office successes .

This wonderful actors leaves us

Jonny Depp was an amazing actor and a sensitive human who loved children he use to go to
hospitals dressed as Captain Jack sparrow to entertain childrens but all of these will just remain as
memories now as the Jonny Depp the legendary captain Jack Sparrow passed away this morning at
the age of 58 leaving us his wonderful memories .

Submitted by : Pauline Rai

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