He also had a bit part in what may be the best crime movie ever made, "Heat".

Actor Robert Duvall passed at 95. I don't know if it was his first role, and it's brief, but he was very young as Boo Radley in one of my favorite old films, To Kill a Mockingbird.

I didn't know he was in that. Yeah, that was a great movie. Great action though I hated it when De Niro's character wouldn't get when the gettin was good.

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Originally posted by Bill Mullins:
He also had a bit part in what may be the best crime movie ever made, "Heat".

I'm sorry to hear of his passing. I think the last time I saw him was on Stephen Colbert's show early last year or the year before. Colbert asked him about acting - acting tips - but Duvall didn't really answer him. I don't know. Maybe talking about how to act is sort of like asking Steph Curry how he makes a shot from half-court so many times. It's not just the practice/muscle memory. It's just something you feel/calculate in a moment at that moment in that environment and then you just do it.

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Originally posted by Ted Dastick Jr.:
Actor Robert Duvall passed at 95. I don't know if it was his first role, and it's brief, but he was very young as Boo Radley in one of my favorite old films, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at 84. Not sure if he was on any cards.

Jackson was on several Decision '92 cards.

Actor/writer/director, Tom Noonan, passed away on Valentine's Day at the age of 74. I remember him best from his role as the serial killer in "Manhunter," the movie adapted from the Thomas Harris novel, "Red Dragon." Great movie. Great book. He was in "Heat" as well.

Noonan appeared in two Topps sets: Robocop 2 and Last Action Hero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYIaJ_E5pwo

(And if there had been a set for Heat, I would have been all over that.)

Robert Carradine, known in the 1980s and 90s for the four Revenge of the Nerds films, has died at 71.

In the 2000s he was the father on the "Lizzie McGuire" TV show.

He also did many other movies and TV appearances over 50 years.

The passing of Robert Carradine is truly sad as it appears he took his own life due to long standing mental health issues. As an actor he was always a bit overshadowed by his brother Keith and half-brother David, but he had a period of his own success with "Nerds" and "Number One With a Bullet" among other movies.

My condolences to the Carradine family who have suffered sudden loss before with the unexpected and odd death of David Carradine. I enjoyed Robert's early work, but unfortunately I have not really heard much about him for quite awhile. It does seem as though he was still doing projects until fairly recently.

For those interested, he did sign at least two Pop Century cards, one in 2011 and one just now in 2025. There may be more. As a fan of his, I already have them and hope that other card collectors appreciated his work in his lifetime. RIP Mr. Carradine.

His brother, David Carradine, died under mysterious circumstances back in 2009. From what I read, David made numerous suicide attempts throughout his life, beginning at age 5.

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His brother, David Carradine, died under mysterious circumstances back in 2009. From what I read, David made numerous suicide attempts throughout his life, beginning at age 5.

I'll take your word for it, but I liked David Carradine as an actor, even though he was an unconventional man. He and Robert were half-brothers. His death, said to be alone in a Thailand hotel room, was not ruled a suicide.

More like asphyxiation from accidental suffocation playing games, maybe. There was some suggestion of foul play, but that was never proven.

David Carradine on notorious foreign soil was a bad combination. Make up any conspiracy theory you like, we will never know for sure. It's just one of those Hollywood stories, and we have seen so many end so badly recently that it is pretty amazing and very sad.

Lauren Chapin, who played the younger daughter on the 1950s TV sit com "Father Knows Best" has passed at age 80.

She mostly retired from acting after 1980, although she returned for the TV show "School Bus Diaries" in 2016-2017.

Neil Sedaka has passed away at the age of 86.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrdr5d43yo

Also noting the passing of the the flamboyant DJ and raconteur Sir Monti Rock III from the short-lived group Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, famous for the early discothèque earworm, "Get Dancin'". Like Sedaka, he was also 86.
May they rest in peace.