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By the time it finished its cinema run, Home Alone was the third-biggest grossing movie of all time, behind only Star Wars and E.T. Los Angeles - Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the hit 90s-era "Home Alone" films, has died, according to US media. Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the Home Alone series and a corrupt detective in The Sopranos, has died.
John Heard, the Emmy-nominated actor who starred in a string of popular films in the 1980s and '90s, including playing the role of Macaulay Culkin's father in the popular Home Alone movies, has died in California. Heard featured in a television production of The Scarlet Letter as Arthur Dimmesdale. Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the “Home Alone” movies, has died, the Santa Clara County, California, medical examiner’s office said. Heard died from cardiac arrest due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease on July 21, 2017, at the age of 71.
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Mr. Heard started his career playing serious roles in the theater and was praised for his wrenching performance as a disabled and emotionally tortured Vietnam veteran in the 1981 film “Cutter’s Way,” which also starred Jeff Bridges. Heard was married and divorced three times, including briefly to actress Margot Kidder. The Sopranos gave Heard another recognizable role as Vin Makazian — a New Jersey police detective who fed information to Tony Soprano . While his role as Peter McCallister endeared him to generations of moviegoers in a singular way, Heard had a versatile and prolific career on stage as well as in movies and television.
A Serious Case Review published in 2019 by the Wiltshire Safeguarding Children Board also reveals authorities failed to take the father's concerns into account or seriously enough. He was also in a relationship with Melissa Leo and they have a son John together. David Mack is a senior breaking news reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Home Alone father John Heard, 72, found dead
"It's just ridiculous. I thought it would replace people calling me the 'Home Alone' dad." One of his memorable early roles was as a disabled Vietnam War veteran in the 1981 film "Cutter's Way." She said that “Cutter’s Way” had been “his pride and joy” and that he had resented being identified with the suburban father from the “Home Alone” movies. The coroner’s office says his back surgery did not play a role in his death. Officials say actor John Heard, whose body was found last month in a Northern California hotel, died of cardiac arrest. In Beaches, he played John Pierce — the love interest to Bette Midler’s C.C. Bloom who had a flirtatious relationship with C.C.’s bestie Hillary .
In 1982, he played the lover of Nastassja Kinski, one of the main characters, in the remake of Cat People. He co-starred as photographer George Cooper in C.H.U.D. alongside future Home Alone co-star Daniel Stern and in The Trip to Bountiful . In the comedy-drama film Heaven Help Us , Heard played a monk named Brother Timothy. The actor best known for playing the father in the Home Alone movies has died at the age of 72. Scenes of Winter, which was followed by starring roles in 1980’s Heart Beat, where he portrayed Jack Kerouac, and 1981’s Cutter’s Way, with Heard delivering a remarkable turn as a conspiracy-minded Vietnam vet.
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The Home Alone and Sopranos actor was found at a Northern California hotel. He was recovering from back surgery at Stanford University Medical Center. The actor, who had been recovering from back surgery, was found dead last month. PEOPLE is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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Heard could never shake his role as the dad in the "Home Alone" movies. Ethan was rushed to hospital on June 27, 2018 and pronounced dead shortly afterwards. The SCR said there was little information, from all the agencies involved with the family, about Mr Turvey, his relationship with Ethan and his role in Ethan's care. The report found father Mr Turvey was often disregarded by officials - even after he sustained a broken nose, which social services did not speak to him about after Davis refused to engage with social workers.
Heard was married three times, once to actress Margot Kidder for less than a week in 1979. He was also married to Lana Pritchard and Sharon Heard, the latter of whom he had a son and a daughter with, Max Heard and Annika Heard. Actor who portrayed Kevin McCallister’s father in a pair of Home Alone films, has died at the age of 72.
His body was found by staff in a hotel in Palo Alto, California, where he was reportedly recovering after minor back surgery at Stanford University Hospital. His cause of death was confirmed by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's office. He was buried in South Side Cemetery in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Most recently, Heard appeared on the Fox police drama APB, although the actor was set to appear in the film Last Rampage that’s due out in September. A mother who left her baby home alone to die was accused of previously 'wishing he had died instead of the family dog', a Serious Case Review has revealed - as his father slammed social services for 'ignoring' his claims she abused him.
Essentially ignored upon release, the film has since earned a reputation as a forgotten classic. The Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Heard’s death, Variety reports. TMZ adds that the actor was found dead in his Palo Alto, California hotel room, just days after Heard underwent minor back surgery, his rep said. NEW YORK — Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the "Home Alone" series and a corrupt detective in "The Sopranos," has died. Mr. Heard gained recognition mainly for lighter roles in films of the 1980s and ’90s like “Home Alone,” in which he played Macaulay Culkin’s father, and before that, “Big,” with Tom Hanks.
But officials say Heard's "recent back surgery did NOT play a role in his death." Heard is also survived by another son, John Matthew “Jack” Heard, conceived with ex-girlfriend, actress Melissa Leo. "I didn't want to be the 'Home Alone' dad for the rest of my life," he told Yahoo News in 2013.
