American actor Tom Sizemore, Known for his roles in films like “Heat“oh”Saving Private Ryan‘, died this Friday evening after spending weeks in hospital after suffering a cerebral aneurysmconfirmed his representative Charles Lake the chain CNN.
News of the death comes a day after the family released a statement saying they had to make a decision.”the actor’s end-of-life issuesall this after the doctors recognized that there was no hope for his life.
“Today the doctors informed his family that there was no more hope and recommended that he end his life. The family is evaluating the decision and a further statement will be released on Wednesday,” it was reported at the time.
Sizemore, 61 years old and natural from Detroitreached the peak of his career in the years 90 there 2000 with roles in “Point Break”, “Natural Born Killers”, “Strange Days”, “True Romance” and “wearing pearls”. However, he is known to play Mike Horvath in the film about the Second World War “Saving Private Ryan”.
Moreover, it was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2000 to Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for television for her role in “Protect the Witness”. More recently, he has appeared in episodes of the television series “twin peaks“oh”Cobra Kai”.
Sizemore has long struggled with drug addiction and throughout his career he faced a litany of Legal issue. He was convicted in 2003 on charges of domestic violence following an accusation of assault brought by his former fiancée, Heidi Fleiss.
When the wave of the global “MeToo” movement peaked in late 2017, Sizemore was also accused of fumbling in 2003 at a 11 year old girl from Utah on stage. No charges have been brought against him.
In an interview with Fox News in 2021, Sizemore shared his intentions to get sober:I’ve been trying to get sober since 1991… I have a problem for a long time. I had periods, long periods, of sobriety and I ended up relapsing“, he explained then.
“I was a person who came from below and reached the top. I had a million dollar house, the Porsche, the restaurant that I co-owned robert denirowrote Sizemore in her 2013 memoir “By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There.” “And now I have absolutely nothing.”
The title of the book was taken from a phrase voiced by his character in “Saving Private Ryan”a role he sounded like a possible Oscar contender for.
However, the actor wrote that this success made him a “spoiled movie star”, an “arrogant jerk” and ultimately a “hope to die addict”.
(With information from Europa Press and The Associated Press)
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