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AWARD WINNER: Denehy when he received the Olivier Award for “Death of a Salesman” in London in 2006. Photo: Max Nash / AP
The Golden Globe winner died at his home in Connecticut. He turned 81 years old.
According to Deadline, the actress passed away on Wednesday. He died at his home in New Haven, allegedly for natural reasons. His agency’s agency has confirmed the death.
Her daughter Elizabeth Dennehy, who is also an actress, writes on Twitter on Thursday:
“It is with great regret that we announced that our father Brian passed away last night for natural reasons unrelated to Covid-19. He was larger than life himself, extremely generous, a proud and devoted father and grandfather. His wife Jennifer, his family and many friends will miss him. ”
Brian Dennehy is a familiar face to movie and television viewers. According to the Imdb Movie Database, he has played in 183 movies and television series between 1977 and 2020. He also had an award-winning theatrical career.
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He has appeared in films known as “Dream Woman 10” (1979), “Cocoon – The Secret of the Deep” (1985) and not least as the very aggressive sheriff who joins John Rambo in “First Blood” (1982) .
He played Jake Dunham in the television series “The Dynasty” in 1981, and for the television movie “Death of a Salesman” (2000) based on the Arthur Miller piece, he received a Golden Globe.
HONORED: Brian Dennehy, Judi Dench and Kevin Spacey were nominated for the 1999 Tony Award. Photo: RICHARD DREW / AP
Dennehy had also previously won the award for playing on the theater set of the play in London.
The actress received multiple awards for her theater career, in part on Broadway, and was also nominated for a TV Emmy Award six times.
In recent decades, he has appeared on shows such as “The Blacklist”, “Hap and Leonard” and “The Good Wife”.
According to Imdb, it has also registered three projects that are in post production.
The deadline reports that Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and enlisted in the Navy in 1958. He served in Okinawa for five years.
He leaves his wife Jennifer Arnott and their children Cormac and Sarah. Dennehy also has daughters Elizabeth, Kathleen and Deirdre from a previous marriage and leaves several grandchildren.
