Storm Chasers Honor 'Twister' Star Bill Paxton With Inventive Tribute
Over the weekend, news came that actor Bill Paxton had died at age 61 after complications with a surgery. While his major roles included Big Love, Titanic, Apollo 13, Hatfields & McCoys and Aliens, it's Twister that's birthed an inventive tribute.
Jan de Bont's 1995 film starred Paxton and Helen Hunt as storm chasers, and roughly 200 of the real-life professionals joined forces on Sunday to spell Bill Paxton's initials, via GPS checkins, across the Tornado Alley states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. "Coordinating through Facebook groups, the mourners placed their Spotter Network markers in apps like RadarScope Pro," Gizmodo writes.
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