Peter Fonda Passed Away!

Peter Fonda passed away in Los Angeles.

The iconic legend Peter Henry Fonda was best known for playing Wyatt in 1969's Easy Rider.

Peter Fonda, the son of Henry Fonda and the younger brother of Jane Fonda has passed away.

He was 79 years old.

Peter's family confirmed the news. He passed away of respiratory failure due to lung cancer.

"In one of the saddest moments in our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our hearts," Fonda's family said.

He won several Golden Globe Awards, including best actor for "Ulee's Gold," and was noted by the same film reviewer group for his work in "The Wild Angels," "The Trip," and "Easy Rider."

He appeared in numerous movies and television shows.

Fonda was Henry Fonda's only son.

According to KCRA, Fonda carved his own path with his nonconformist tendencies and earned Oscar nominations for co-writing "Easy Rider" and his acting role in "Ulee's Gold."

Fonda was born in New York City in 1940 and was only 10 years old when his mother Frances Ford Seymour died. Fonda had an estranged relationship with his father, but said that they grew closer over the years before his father died in 1982.

Fonda was an active supporter of the Democratic Party. He criticized Republicans and that imbecile, Donald J. Trump.

Fonda went on Twitter to criticize Trump's administration's enforcement of U.S. immigration policy by Jeff Sessions, specifically regarding the separation of children from their parents at the Mexican border, writing that "We should rip Barron Trump from the arms of First Lady Melania Trump and put him in a cage with pedophiles."

He also suggested that Americans should seek out names of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in order to protest outside of their homes and the schools of their children.

The Secret Service opened an investigation based on a report from the Trump family.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whose daughter, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was also the object of Fonda's tweets, believes that Fonda's statement about Barron Trump is a violation of federal criminal law.

Jane Fonda said her brother died laughing. She issued a statement on the passing of her brother.

Fonda had also suggested "Maybe we should take her (Sanders) children away..."

It was also reported by Politico that Fonda "has been railing against the White House for days". In another now-deleted tweet, Fonda targeted United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen by calling her an uncouth name and calling for Nielsen to be "put her in a cage and poked at by passersby ..."

Fonda stated that he deleted his tweet regarding Barron Trump, saying that he "immediately regretted it and sincerely apologize to the family for what I said and any hurt my words have caused."

Popular backlash to Fonda's tweets resulted in a call for a boycott of his newest film at the time, Boundaries and other Sony projects

Sony Pictures released Boundaries as planned on June 22, 2018, but completely condemned the comments made by Fonda.