Tom Sizemore Dies: ‘Saving Private Ryan’ & ‘Black Hawk Down’ Star Was 61

Tom Sizemore has died on the age of 61. The actor, recognized for roles in Saving Private Ryan, Twin Peaks, and Shooter, suffered a brain aneurysm on February 18. Ten days later, medical doctors mentioned there was “no further hope” for his recovery, prompting his household to start “deciding finish of life issues.”

Sizemore’s loss of life was confirmed by his manager, Charles Lago, to People on Friday, March 3.

On February 28. Lago gave Variety a well being replace, saying “medical doctors knowledgeable his household that there isn’t a additional hope and have really helpful end-of-life choice. The household is now deciding end-of-life issues and an extra assertion will likely be issued on Wednesday.”

“We are asking for privateness for his household throughout this tough time they usually want to thank everybody for the lots of of messages of help, and prayers which were acquired,” the assertion continued. “This has been a tough time for them.”

Sizemore’s aneurysm was attributable to a stroke, medical doctors decided after his February 18 fall at his Los Angeles house. He remained in a coma within the intensive care unit all through his subsequent hospitalization.

Sizemore’s profession spanned TV and movie roles beginning within the Nineteen Eighties. His first TV function was within the collection Gideon Oliver. The similar 12 months (1989), he appeared in Born on the Fourth of July and had a recurring function in six episodes of China Beach. Additional credit embrace Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, True Romance, Point Break, Hawaii Five-0, The Relic, Wyatt Earp, Robbery Homicide Division, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Heat, and Natural Born Killers. Military dramas have been a relentless style all through his profession.

One of Sizemore’s newer appearances was in an episode of Cobra Kai. He additionally starred within the Tubi comedy collection Barbee Rehab. The actor stayed busy with small initiatives in recent times. According to IMDb, he has 34 upcoming initiatives nonetheless to come back out.

In 2000, Sizemore was nominated for a Golden Globe for his supporting function in Witness Protection. He was additionally nominated among the many Saving Private Ryan ensemble for Outstanding Performance by a Cast on the 1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The actor struggled with substance abuse, telling Larry King in a 2010 interview that he had used cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin. His substance abuse led to a number of authorized points in his private life that impacted his profession. He was convicted of home violence towards his then-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss, often known as the “Hollywood Madam,” in 2003, receiving a sentence of seven months in jail and 4 months in drug therapy in 2005 for repeatedly failing drug assessments. He additionally was caught trying to faux a urine check throughout that point.

In 2013, Sizemore mentioned he began to achieve sobriety after Heat co-star Robert De Niro staged an intervention. He was charged with home abuse once more in 2017, pleading no contest and serving 36 months abstract probation, amongst different necessities. In 2017, 2003 sexual abuse allegations surfaced revealing that he was thrown off the set of Born Killers for reportedly molesting an 11-year-old actress when the movie was on location in Utah. He denied wrongdoing and was allowed again on set after an area prosecutor determined to not go ahead with the case.

In 2018, the actress (then 26), sued Sizemore for the reported emotional harm from the abuse, in search of $3 million. Sizemore denied wrongdoing as soon as extra. The swimsuit was dismissed in 2020 by a Utah judge.

Sizemore was married to The Bold and the Beautiful actor Maeve Quinlan from 1996-1999. He is survived by 17-year-old twin sons Jagger and Jayden Sizemore, whom he shared with Janelle McIntire.