Roy Scheider, perhaps best remembered for his role as the police chief in 1975's Jaws, has passed away.

The actor died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years and had battled with blood cancer for the past three years.

He was 75.

when i was in 8th or 7th grade (14 or 13 maybe?) i helped casey and her mom at this very fancy Hamptons benefit for the arts or sea mammals,or both(actually working at this event is what made me fall in love with working at shows or organizing them even if they are super tiny or illegal) making flower arrangements, place settings, and running around trying to make everything look good. towards the middle of the affair casey's mom told me and the other 5 girls that were helping that we had to go from table to table and try and sell the beautiful gerber daisy floral arrangements we spent 6 hours creating (and bleeding from cutting our fingers by accident). most people were truly nice and generous however when we got to one particular table, the grouchiest man on earth looked me striaght in the eye as i was asking him if he'd like to purchase the centerpiece and he growled a crotchety "no!"

it turned out to be roy scheider. i think i might've let a sarcastic slur slip and told him that i wished jaws had ate him, but i politely moved on to dfferent folks including nicole miller (fashion designer) and told her that i admired her dresses even though i couldnt afford one. she was super awesome nice b.t.w..

anyway, r.i.p dude. jaws was awesome.