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Jul 23, 2022 · The actor died on July 6 at age 82 from a heart attack and coronary artery disease, according to a death certificate obtained by PEOPLE. He also had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure, the document shows.
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On July 6, 2022, Caan died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 82, from a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease. At the time of his death, he also had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure .
Jul 7, 2022 · James Caan, who built a durable film career in varied roles across six decades but was forever identified most closely with one of his earliest characters, the quick-tempered, skirt-chasing Sonny...
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A football player at Michigan State University and a practical joker on sets, Caan was a grinning, handsome performer with an athlete's swagger and muscular build. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law. Caan had been a favourite of Francis Ford Coppola since the 1960s, when Coppola cast h...
But by the early 1980s he began to sour on films, though Michael Mann's 1981 neo-noir heist film Thief, in which he played a professional safecracker looking for a way out, is among his most admired films. "The fun of it was taken away," he told an interviewer in 1981. "I've done pictures where I'd rather do time. I just walked out of a picture at ...
He returned to full-fledged stardom opposite Kathy Bates in Miseryin 1990. In the film, based on Stephen King's novel, Caan is an author taken captive by an obsessed fan who breaks his ankles to keep him from leaving. Bates won an Oscar for the role. Once again in demand, Caan starred in For the Boys with Bette Midler in 1991 as part of a song-and-...
Caan didn't take a starring role in a TV series until 2003 but his first effort, Las Vegas, was an immediate hit. When the series debuted, he was a casino surveillance chief dealing with cheaters and competitors of the fictional Montecito Resort and Casino. His character rose to become boss of the Montecito but remained the tough guy who had learne...
Many of his collaborators wrote condolences on Twitter Thursday. Al Pacino, Caan's co-star in 1972's The Godfather, released a statement mourning the late actor. "Jimmy was my fictional brother and my lifelong friend. It's hard to believe that he won't be in the world anymore because he was so alive and daring. A great actor, a brilliant director a...
Jul 7, 2022 · James Caan, the veteran screen actor known for his work in such films as “The Godfather,” “Misery” and “Elf,” has died, his family said in a statement on his verified Twitter account.
Jul 8, 2022 · James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82.
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Jul 7, 2022 · Movie tough guy James Caan, whose work spanned generations in such big-screen classics as "The Godfather," "Misery" and "Elf," died Wednesday, his family said. He was 82.
