SeaQuest's Captain Nathan Bridges-Roy Scheider 1975 - 2008)

Wow, this is horrible news. I really enjoyed SeaQuest and found Roy to be one of my favorite actors to look out for. He will be missed by me and I'm sure countless others. But even more than that my thoughts and prayers go out to his famiy.

Cinemablend's Josh Taylor put it this way

I have to say, I didn’t see this one coming. Some people just seem
invincible. Roy Scheider always seemed like one of those people, but today he
proved mortal. Scheider died this afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age
of 75. The news comes from the NY
Times, where they say he died of complications from a staph infection.

Apparently for some time now he’s suffered from multiple myeloma, an
incurable plasma cell cancer which wreaks havoc on the immune system. That
perhaps explains the staph infection. Scheider worked in film and television for
52 years, almost his entire life, and he worked right up until the end. IMDB has
him listed as being in two upcoming projects, both of which he completed.

The first is a thriller called Dark Honeymoon and the second another
thriller titled Iron Cross, both due out later this year. Roy was a lot of
things to a lot of different people in his career. To most, he’s probably best
remembered for starring in the first ever Hollywood blockbuster, Jaws, where he
played police chief Martin Brody. He reprised the role in the sequel Jaws 2 but
thankfully, avoided the whole Jaws 3D thing.

Smart move sir. Smart move. Since I wasn’t born until two years after it
first made waves, Jaws was never a big part of my scene. I am however, a huge
nerd and so to me Scheider will always be Captain Nathan Bridges, skipper of the
SeaQuest, the high-tech submersible battleship of the future which bubbled its
way across TV screens in the nineties. Its two-year undersea voyage was all too
brief, but the show was in many ways ahead of its time, attempting to push the
notion of environmental responsibility and high adventure in one slick, sci-fi
package. Having Scheider’s name leading SeaQuest DSV’s title credits lent it
respectability, and his compassionate commander character was the anchor of the
show… at least whenever the dolphin was busy. Scheider leaves behind an acting
legacy which will be remembered long after we’ve all forgotten about his
obituary.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in All that Jazz.
He ruled the broadway stage in the 80s. Roy Scheider is a cultural icon, and
tonight he is missed.