Peter Fonda Finds Dead Body on Sunset Boulevard

By Rebecca Macatee Posted Jan 12th 2011 08:59PM

Peter Fonda got quite a shock today. The 'Easy Rider' star was driving on Sunset Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles when he pulled over to investigate a car parked along the side of the road. TMZ reports that it was around 2PM that Fonda found the dead body of a man slumped over in the car's front seat.

Fonda called 911 to report his tragic find. Responders tell TMZ that the man in the car took his own life and that the body had been there for three days.

The 70-year-old is no stranger to brushes with death. On his 11th birthday, Fonda accidentally shot himself in the stomach and nearly died. Thankfully he recovered from this incident, moving on to a prosperous career in Hollywood which included close friendships with members of The Beatles and his 'Easy Rider' co-star Dennis Hopper.

The veteran actor found it difficult to bid farewell to Hopper, wanting his friend to recover so he could tell him, "It's been a hell of a ride." Fonda also hated that Hopper had "to go out with all these clouds that are going on with his marriage."

There's no word yet on the identity of the man Fonda found or any information on his method of suicide. Although the experience of finding a dead body was undoubtedly traumatic, Fonda definitely acted as a good samaritan in the wake of his horrible finding.

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Wednesday 12 January

By Ted Bundy

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Sounds like it will make a great Law & Order episode.

Thursday 13 January

By rtjmfg

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By Jay Love

I think he was looking for a "stiff one" and a bar along the highway and found one?

By Lita

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Idiot.

By edzel

Peter Fonda has always been a good person despite the troubled relationship he had with his father, Henry Fonda, his sister Jane was his rock. He does fundraising and charity work from time to time so the word, "samaritan" does apply to him. People who know Peter describe him as a sensitive and generous human being.

By Mike Rose

What you dont say is that both are B-Movie actors with no real significant body of work. Henry and his daughter were not on very good terms after her trip to Hanoi, posing with POW's who were flashing distress siginals. She has never been mainstream since and I do believe that her actions deeply troulbed her father. She is one of the most disliked people in the U.S. Just ask a vet, they feel that she betrayed her country.

By doedill7

if he so generous, hope he see this post ; i could use some help here. maybe i'll go homeless like that Ted Williams guy so can get financial help . i maybe change my name to doedillopez and go on welfare?

By Dan

Hating Jane for her politics is 1 thing, but I'd hardly refer to stars of such films as Easy Rider and Cat Ballou as "B'movie actors." Shame on you!

By Bruce

Just curious. Does anybody ever discover a live body?

By Amused

Not if they discovered you.

By mike catanzaro

John wrote "she said she said" on revolver after hearing him talk about that at a party.

By Chumley

I found three dollars once.

By Beth

I found a 10 spot once. It was awesome.

Yes, now that you mentioned it, she did take her own life and Henry Fonda was greatly affected by it with Jane and Peter suffering and having to deal with it. When Henry did his last film, "On Golden Pond" with Jane, it was a great catharsis(healing) for father and daughter, the elder of the two. She was able to talk to her father about the personal issues that they had never discussed over the previous years before Henry died.

By jimall3

Nothing about the poor man who was left dead in a car for 3 days? Geez -- what a lousy article.

By Tiffany

I know right...how does one sit dead in a car for 3 days without anyone noticing or reporting it.

By Cutie

.....they have to notify family first.

By Tom

Yeah, the least they could have done was show some pictures of the corpse.

By JOSE

I DIDN'T KNOW SUNSET BLVD. IS IN PACIFIC PALISADES.

By ruby

Sunset Blvd runs from Pacific Coast Highway at the beach in Pacific Palisades all the way to Downtown Los Angeles. Google Map it.