Celebrities Remember Bill Paxton: "a Wonderful Man"

The death of film and TV star Bill Paxton has hit the Hollywood community hard Sunday, just as the Academy Awards is expected to deliver one of the most somber In Memoriam segments in recent history, due to the passings of many celebrities in the past year. Several of Paxton's co-stars and colleagues have spoken out to pay their respects to the actor, including his Apollo 13 co-star Tom Hanks, who wrote on Twitter, Bill Paxton was, simply, a wonderful man. - Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) February 26, 2017 Paxton's Frank & Jesse co-star Rob Lowe paid digital tribute to the actor as well, writing, Devastated by the sudden loss of my close friend and one of the finest actors in the business, Bill Paxton. In his memory, on this Oscar Sunday, watch One False Move or A Simple Plan to see this lovely leading man, at his finest. Devastated by the sudden loss of my close friend and one of the finest actors in the business, Bill Paxton. - Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) February 26, 2017 In his memory, on this Oscar Sunday, watch "One False Move" or "A Simple Plan" to see this lovely leading man, at his finest. - Charlize Theron (@CharlizeAfrica) February 26, 2017 Ron Perlman, who'd shared the screen with Paxton in 1995's dark comedy The Last Supper, also shared a recent picture with the actor, writing that he was "alive as can be" when it was taken and that his loss is "unprocessable." - Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) February 26, 2017 Big Love co-star Aaron Paul also shared a touching tribute on Twitter as well, writing, Bill Paxton was hands down one of the greatest guys that I have ever met. - Julie Benz (@juliebenz) February 26, 2017 Bill Paxton was notoriously one of the nicest people in the industry. In film school, we went to the set of Weird Science & he was so nice to us. - Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) February 26, 2017 Never a false move from the great Bill Paxton, tornado hunter, psycho vampire and a master at making or