Vincent passed away in February 2019 at the age of 73, having spent his later decades out of the limelight following severe health complications and car crashes. The modern tendency to frame his life entirely around personal decline does a profound disservice to the physical, instinctive talent he commanded on set.
Vincent never delivered a self-conscious performance. Whether navigating giant waves at Sunset Beach in Big Wednesday or standing silent in the cockpit of a heavily modified Bell 222 helicopter, he possessed absolute comfort in his own skin. He represented an increasingly rare Hollywood archetype: an actor capable of extreme physical action who refused to hide behind theatrical bravado.
