frail, bandaged Dennis Hopper was honoured Friday with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
Hopper, 73, who is suffering from prostate cancer, appeared gaunt and was helped to the stage by a friend. The actor explained that his bandages were the result of a fall Thursday outside his home.
The star of Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now was honoured by fellow stars such as Jack Nicholson, Viggo Mortensen, David Lynch and Dwight Yoakam.
Surrounded by his family, Hopper thanked Hollywood for being "my home and my schooling."
Hundreds of camera-toting spectators lined Hollywood Boulevard for the 30-minute ceremony to install Hopper's star in front of the Egyptian Theatre.
On Thursday, the attorney handling Hopper's divorce case said the actor was now too ill to undergo chemotherapy.
He asked a judge to excuse Hopper from questioning by his wife's attorneys and said doctors granted special dispensation for him to attend the Walk of Fame ceremony.
The Associated Press
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