Dennis Hopper Dead At 74

'Easy Rider' star died of prostate cancer Saturday.By Kelley L. Carter and Jem Aswad Dennis Hopper Photo: George Rose/Getty Images Actor Dennis Hopper — star of "Easy Rider," "Blue Velvet," "Giant" and many other films — died Saturday of prostate cancer at his Los Angeles-area home, according to The Associated Press. He was 74. The two-time Academy Award nominee, who announced through a manager in the fall of 2009 that he had been diagnosed with the disease, was surrounded by fa...

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