Shelley Duvall’s Death Sparks Tributes From Her Peers: ‘I’ll Always Be Grateful for the Memories’

“The moment Shelley Duvall sang ‘He’s Large,’ I fell in love with Olive Oyl,” Wendell Pierce shares of the late “Popeye” star

The Shining
The Shining (CREDIT: Warner Bros.)

Celebrities and fans have started reacting to the death of iconic actress Shelley Duvall, who was best known for her role in “The Shining.” She was 75.

“When I was a boy, I went to the movies to see ‘Popeye’ with Robin Williams,” actor Wendell Pierce wrote in an X post on Thursday, sharing an anecdote about the first time he got to witness Duvall play the fictional character. “A wonderfully strange movie. The moment Shelley Duvall sang ‘He’s Large,’ I fell in love with Olive Oyl. A moment I cherish to this day as a part of my innocent youth.

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