Rutger Hauer, “Blade Runner” star, dies at 75, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. 19 July 2019 (aged 75) Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands. In “Blade Runner,” he played the murderous replicant Roy Batty on a desperate quest to prolong his artificially shortened life in post-apocalyptic, 21st-century Los Angeles.In his dying, rain-soaked soliloquy, he looked back at his extraordinary existence. “All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die,” he said. Rutger Hauer , “Blade Runner” star, dies.