MAD Max actor Vincent "Nightrider" Gil has died aged 83 after pals revealed he had been "frail for some time". The legendary Aussie actor played Crawford Montizano - also known as Nightrider - in the 1979 Mad Max film.
Co-star Paul "Cundalini" Johnstone shared the news on Facebook on Sunday alongside a pic of the two men posing arm-in-arm. He wrote: "Sadly, it is true...
Vince Gil has left us. "He's been very frail for quite some time and mercifully no longer needs to be constrained by his mortal form." In the touching tribute, Johnstone recalled being on tour in Japan with Gil in 2015.
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