Ailing movie star Dennis Hopper, who is dying from cancer, has been ordered by a Los Angeles judge to pay his estranged wife and daughter $US12,000 ($13,000) in monthly spousal and child support.
Hopper, 73, who is in the process of divorcing his wife Victoria, did not attend the hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Amy Pellman on Monday.
The actor's attorney, Joseph Mannis, said in court documents last month that Hopper's prostate cancer was terminal.
Dennis Hopper with his daughter Galen.
Dennis Hopper with his daughter Galen. Photo: Reuters
The actor looked frail when he made a rare public appearance last month to collect a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hopper filed for divorce in January after 14 years of marriage. The couple have a seven-year-old daughter.
Hopper has appeared in several classic films during a career spanning more than half a century. A notable early role came in the James Dean hit Rebel Without a Cause in 1955 before his appearance in 1969's counter-culture classic Easy Rider, and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/ ... utostart=1
You can't take it with you...
You can't take it with you...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”