Memory Walk With Richard Gere
Here is Richard Gere as he appeared during a news
conference at the 32nd Cannes International Film
Festival May 15, 1979. At the time, he was promoting
"Days of Heaven."
Gere and actor Michael York shared a moment
backstage at New York City's New Apollo Theater
June 3, 1980, after York took over Gere's part as
Max in the play "Bent."
Actress Barbara Hershey
posed with Gere May 19,
1987, at the 40th Cannes
Film Festival, after she
won an award for her
performance in the movie
"Shy People."
Gere, center, was surrounded by Tibetan monks Jan.
24, 1989, at New York's Museum of Natural History,
where they demonstrated the ancient art of butter
sculpture for a traditional offering to Buddha.
At a screening of their movie, "Sommersby," in
Los Angeles Feb. 2, 1993, actress Jodie Foster
was flanked by her leading man, left, and by their
director, Jon Amiel.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford, right,
and her then-husband, Richard Gere,
paused May 2, 1994, as they entered
Lincoln Center in New York for the
1994 Humanitarian Award from T.J.
Martell Foundation for Leukemia,
Cancer, and AIDS Research.
Gere jokingly hid behind actress Diane Lane
during a press conference in Munich, Germany,
June 7, 2002. Gere and Lane were promoting
their movie "Unfaithful
Gere applauded during a
performance of traditional dances by
students of the Tibetan Children's
Village school at Dharamsala, India,
Oct. 3, 2002. Gere is a longtime
supporter of the Tibet cause.
Gere wore flower garlands put on
him in his welcome, and a vermillion
smear put on his forehead placed as
an auspicious mark, as he helped
dedicate the Naz AIDS Care Home
in New Delhi, India, Dec. 18, 2002.
The Dalai Lama, center, is joined by
Gere, left, and composer Philip Glass at a
news coference at New York's
Guggenheim Museum, Sept. 16, 2003.
The exiled Tibetan leader was teaching
for four days in New York, including a
free lecture in Central Park.
Gere and Lauren Hutton, who were
both dressed in Armani clothes when
they starred in the film "American
Gigolo," pose together at a news
conference before a restrospective
opened at the Royal Academy of Arts
in London, Oct. 14, 2003, recognizing
the career of Giorgio Armani.
In the red light district of Bombay, India, Dec. 2,
2003, Gere talked with social worker Diane Cross.
Gere was meeting with sex workers and their clients
to find out how well-informed they were about AIDS.
Gere and actress Catherine Zeta Jones pose for
photographers at the premiere of their film,
"Chicago."
Renee Zellweger, center, is
embraced by co-star Gere, right, and
presenter Arnold Schwarzenegger
after winning for her performance in
"Chicago," at the 60th Annual
Golden Globe Awards, in Beverly
Hills, Jan. 19, 2003.






Here's Gere as he appeared on
Oscar night, March 24, 2003,
nominated as lead actor for his
role in "Chicago."







Gere rehearsed some ballroom dance moves with
a local dancer at a dance studio in Winnipeg,
Canada, June 19, 2003. At the time, he was
preparing to film "Shall We Dance?" with Jennifer
Lopez and Susan Sarandon.
Actress Carey Lowell posed with her
husband at the American Museum of
the Moving Image Salute to Richard
Gere April 20, 2004, at the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
Gere attended a screening of
Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit
9/11" June 14, 2004, in New York.
Gere attended the New York
premiere for "Shall We Dance?" at
the Paris Theater, Oct. 5, 2004, in
New York.
Richard filming a scene from "Autumn in New York.
Dancing in India!
Richard Gere
circa 1993: Candid portrait of
American actor and political activist
Richard Gere, wearing a tuxedo,
standing and smiling in front of a
gold, life size statue of the Oscar,
symbol of the Academy of Motion
Arts and Sciences, at an Academy
Awards ceremony, California (Photo
by Darlene Hammond/Hulton
Archive/Getty Images)
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Hollywood actor and a long term Tibet supporter Richard
Gere talks to a Tibetan journalist on the first day of the
Mind Life Conference XIV at the residence of Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, India,
Monday, April 9, 2007. Renowned scientists from the
United States and Europe will discuss with the Dalai
Lama ideas taken from his book "Universe in a Single
Atom: the Convergence of Science and Spirituality" in
this five day conference ending April 13. (AP
Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Hollywood actor Richard Gere, center, looks on during the
first day of the Mind Life Conference XIV at the residence
of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala,
India, Monday, April 9, 2007. Renowned scientists from the
United States and Europe will discuss with the Dalai Lama
ideas taken from his book "Universe in a Single Atom: the
Convergence of Science and Spirituality" in this five day
conference ending April 13. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)