‘Full Metallic Jacket’ Star Kevyn Main Howard Useless at 69

Kevyn Main Howard, finest identified for his portrayal as Rafterman in “Full Metal Jacket,” has died, his household tells TMZ.

Kevyn died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by family and friends — his reason behind demise has but to be decided, however he’d been hospitalized for weeks with respiratory points, his household tells us.

Kevyn was born on Jan. 27, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec … and together with his twin citizenship moved to Los Angeles after faculty to pursue performing.

With dozens of movie and TV credit to his identify … Kevyn appeared on display with among the largest names within the biz, together with Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Frank Sinatra, James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Don Johnson, and Matthew Modine.

As a matter of truth … he and Modine stayed buddies by means of the years after working collectively on “Full Metal Jacket” — and the pair spoke on the telephone shortly earlier than Kevyn’s demise, his household advised us. Matthew has been made conscious of his passing.

Within the Stanley Kubrick battle traditional … Matthew, AKA Pvt. Joker and Kevyn’s Rafterman performed Vietnam Conflict correspondents. Within the climax of the movie … it’s Rafterman who shoots a sniper earlier than she will be able to kill extra of their squad … with Joker in the end ending her off.

We caught up with Howard again in 2011 … and, we chatted in regards to the iconic movie too. Try the clip to listen to what he needed to say.

Kevyn is survived by spouse, Tiffanie; his step-daughter, Kayla, his sister, Kim and his brother, Kelsey.

In lieu of flowers, donations could also be made on to FueledBytheFallen.org.

He was 69.