Actor Tom Sizemore, known for Heat, Saving Private Ryan, dead at 61

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On Friday, 61-year-old Tom Sizemore, a scene-stealing character actor known for his roles in films such as Heat, Saving Private Ryan, and Black Hawk Down, died after being hospitalized from a brain aneurysm on February 19.

Rolling Stone reports that his manager, Charles Lago, said “It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank.”

Lago went on to say “His Brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side.”

The actor was hospitalized at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California after he suffered a stroke in his Los Angeles home. The resulting brain aneurysm left Sizemore in a coma and in critical condition and his family decided “end of life matters” on February 27.

Sizemore rose to prominence after a small role in Oliver Stone’s 1989 fIlm Born on the Fourth of July. Subsequent small roles in the early 90’s garnered the actor a reputation as a talented actor capable of transforming bit parts into memorable characters such as in the films True Romance, Point Break, and Strange Days.

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