Rest In Peace, Max Von Sydow

[calliopes_pen]

Max Von Sydow has passed away at the age of 90. May he rest in peace. I will always remember him best as the fantastically evil voice of Vigo in Ghostbusters 2 (1989). I never had any interest in watching The Exorcist (1973), where he played Father Merrin. However, I did watch the second film, Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) when it was on Encore at one point years back, bad as that one was.

I will also remember him as Ming The Mercliess in Flash Gordon (1980); Comet TV aired that again just the other day.

I don’t have any icons of Vigo, so have one of Janine hugging Egon.

Comments

[sovay]

Max Von Sydow has passed away at the age of 90.

His memory for a blessing. I saw him first in The Seventh Seal.

[nostalgia]

Oh dang I saw Flash Gordon on TV a few weeks back.

[beer_good_foamy]

I've spent the last year rewatching the collected works of Ingmar Bergman, so it feels like I've followed Max's entire career over a year. (And that's just a small part of all he did...) This one really hit home. He never stopped working, he never stopped being the best thing in anything he was in.