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Kevyn Major Howard Dies: ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Actor Was 69


Kevyn Major Howard, known for appearing as Rafterman in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket, has died at the age of 69.

He attached a photo from set featuring the “Lusthog Squad,” which included Howard alongside himself and co-stars Sal Lopez, Gary Landon Mills and Adam Baldwin. Howard died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by his loved ones, TMZ reported per his family. On the silver screen, Howard has acted alongside Clint Eastwood in 1983’s Sudden Impact, James Caan in 1988’s Alien Nation and Charles Bronson in 1982’s Death Wish II.

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