Rio Hackford, 'The Mandalorian' Actor and Helen Mirren's Stepson, Dead at 51

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told Variety that he died in Huntington Beach, California, on Thursday, after an illness. Hackford’s stepmother, Helen Mirren — who is married to his father, director Taylor Hackford — shared a photo of the actor on Instagram with the simple caption, “El Rio.”  Fellow actor, and Hackford’s friend, DV DeVincentis, paid tribute to the actor on his respective Instagram account.“Life is experience.

Time and sensation folding together, framing each other. Rio was more attuned to experience than anyone I’ve ever known,” DeVincentis wrote. “He would stop what was happening to point it out, compel you to pay attention.

He would order you a must-have experience from a beloved menu and hold your eye as you paid attention to what was happening in your mouth. 'Right, Guy?

I mean… right?' He would put an experience for you on the stereo, then start it over and play it again for you because we were talking over it the first time and 'Pal, you really have to listen to it.' Not simply obsessed with movies and how they mirrored and compelled, he was something more: a superfan of enumerable scenes, of particular gestures of unsung actors, weird career turns, roaring comebacks, cinema swan songs — all real experiences for you, when beheld consciously.” He continued, “During phone calls from one traveling cell phone to another, he would keep track of where you were and let you know what incredible meal or bar was in your vicinity, a gourmand GPS thrumming at all times, for you.