Actor Tom Sizemore, best known for his role in 1998’s Saving Private Ryan, died Friday, less than two weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm, TMZ. reportHe was 61 years old.
Sizemore’s agent, Charles Lago, told the outlet: His twin boys, Jaden and Jagger, 17, were by his side. “
Sizemore has been hospitalized and comatose since a health event that his reps characterized as a stroke-induced aneurysm. Sizemore was scheduled to teach an acting class at his nightclub in Harvells in Los Angeles just one day before he got sick.
As Largo announced on February 27, his family was informed earlier this week that “there is no more hope”.
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His family is grateful for the “hundreds of messages and prayers of support they have received.”
Sizemore was born in Detroit on November 29, 1961. His career began with his 1989 episode of the television series ‘Gideon Oliver’ and his 6-episode his arc (1989-1990) of ‘China Beach’.
Early film appearances include Sylvester Stallone’s Lock Up (1989), Rude Awakening (1989) and Tom Cruise’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
More prominent in films such as True Romance (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), and Heat (1995). part followed. , and “Relic” (1997), the latter representing his first starring role.
In 1998, he played Sgt. Horvath in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, a box office blockbuster and one of his most acclaimed films of the 1990s.
His work never slowed down after that — at the time of his death, he had well over 200 credits.
Sizemore features Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and Golden Satellite Award nominations.
Substance abuse has haunted him most of his life since he was 15 years old. In 2003, he was convicted of domestic violence against his girlfriend Heidi Fleiss, the so-called “Hollywood his madam,” and spent several months in prison, then several months in rehab. He later appeared with her in Season 3 of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2010).
He did not contest domestic violence charges for assaulting his girlfriend in 2017, and was arrested in 2019 for misdemeanor drug possession.
In 2003, Sizemore was taken off the set of the movie The Born Killers. The lawsuit was dismissed by a Utah judge in 2020, and Sizemore vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Sizemore was married to actress Maeve Quinlan from 1996 to 1999. He had two children with his partner Janelle McIntyre who survived him.
