James Caan, an onscreen tough guy and movie craftsman, has died at 82
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James Caan, an onscreen tough guy and movie craftsman, has died at 82

James Edmund Caan was an athletic kid from the Bronx, the son of German-Jewish immigrants who grew up to play tough movie guys:

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sailors, football players, gangsters and was one of the most recognizable screen actors of his era.

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He died on July 6, according to a post on his official Twitter account. No further details were available.

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Best known for his explosive turn as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and as a dying professional football player in the made-for-TV-movie Brian's Song

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Caan lent an eminently watchable machismo to dozens of films and shows. In Misery,

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he was a famous author held captive by Kathy Bates. In Gardens of Stone,

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he was a heartsick Vietnam vet reluctantly guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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