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03-01-2016, 11:09 AM
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Gil Hill, Eddie Murphy’s Boss in 'Beverly Hills Cop' Series Dies
http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/gil-hill-eddie-murphy’s-boss-in-beverly-hills-cop-series-dies-at-84/ar-BBqbjHQ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp
He was 84.
Gilbert R. Hill, the real-life Detroit policeman who portrayed Eddie Murphy's no-nonsense boss in the three Beverly Hills Cop films, has died.
Hill, who had battled respiratory problems, died Feb. 17 at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, a local website reported (http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/14410/ex-detroit_city_council_president_gil_hill_dead_at_84 #.VtUQD7RBnPx?utm_source=Microsoft&utm_campaign=Syndication&utm_medium=Gil+Hill%2C+Eddie+Murphy’s+Boss+in+'Bev erly+Hills+Cop'+Series%2C+Dies+at+84). "We are relieved that his passing was peaceful and painless," his family said in a statement.
Hill played frustrated police Inspector Douglas Todd, who frequently dresses down his unorthodox - yet wildly successful - Det. Axel Foley (Murphy), in the box-office smash hit Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and its 1987 and 1994 sequels.
Director Martin Brest was in Detroit scouting locations for the first film when he met Hill, who was showing him around town.
On a whim, he asked the cop - who then had been on the job for about 25 years - to read a few lines.
"I thought, 'Holy smoke, there could be something here,'" Brest recalled (http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089638,00.html?utm_source=Microsoft&utm_campaign=Syndication&utm_medium=Gil+Hill%2C+Eddie+Murphy’s+Boss+in+'Bev erly+Hills+Cop'+Series%2C+Dies+at+84) in a January 1985 story for People magazine.
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Gil Hill, Eddie Murphy’s Boss in 'Beverly Hills Cop' Series Dies
http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/gil-hill-eddie-murphy’s-boss-in-beverly-hills-cop-series-dies-at-84/ar-BBqbjHQ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp
He was 84.
Gilbert R. Hill, the real-life Detroit policeman who portrayed Eddie Murphy's no-nonsense boss in the three Beverly Hills Cop films, has died.
Hill, who had battled respiratory problems, died Feb. 17 at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, a local website reported (http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/14410/ex-detroit_city_council_president_gil_hill_dead_at_84 #.VtUQD7RBnPx?utm_source=Microsoft&utm_campaign=Syndication&utm_medium=Gil+Hill%2C+Eddie+Murphy’s+Boss+in+'Bev erly+Hills+Cop'+Series%2C+Dies+at+84). "We are relieved that his passing was peaceful and painless," his family said in a statement.
Hill played frustrated police Inspector Douglas Todd, who frequently dresses down his unorthodox - yet wildly successful - Det. Axel Foley (Murphy), in the box-office smash hit Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and its 1987 and 1994 sequels.
Director Martin Brest was in Detroit scouting locations for the first film when he met Hill, who was showing him around town.
On a whim, he asked the cop - who then had been on the job for about 25 years - to read a few lines.
"I thought, 'Holy smoke, there could be something here,'" Brest recalled (http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089638,00.html?utm_source=Microsoft&utm_campaign=Syndication&utm_medium=Gil+Hill%2C+Eddie+Murphy’s+Boss+in+'Bev erly+Hills+Cop'+Series%2C+Dies+at+84) in a January 1985 story for People magazine.
http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBqbsjS.img?h=1080&w=1920&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=585&y=757