as was beloved ak forand trend who lest us just yesterday, bill paxton. >> jennifer aniston fightingut the passing of bill paxton. think of all the great movies he made, block busters, titanic, apollo, twister, that's just to name a few. there was so much love for bill at the oscars last night, he was a good guy and "e.t." saw that firsthand. >> these characters are people that i think the audiences can relate to. >> the man who played those characters, from 93 total in film television was on everyone's mind last night. >> he was one of the sweetest, nicest men in the world. >> bill died unexpectedly at age 61, reportedly saturday from a stroke following heart surgery. ron howard, directed paxton in apollo 13. >> he inhabited every moment like he was lucky to be there. >> how true. >> want toocome on here for a second? >> our set visit to twister in 1995 was one of our favorites. >> what goes up, must come down. spinning house. got to go down. >> bill's joy of life was evident in our very first interview with him in 1990 on the predator 2 set where his joking got him in trouble. >> a