Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dead at 61 after brain aneurysm
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Tom Sizemore is no more. The actor,best known for his roles inBlack Hawk Downand Saving Private Ryan, passed away after he was taken off the life-support system. He was 61.
As per reports, Sizemore was taken to the hospital in Los Angeles in critical condition last month after he suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18.
Sizemore's manager Charles Lago said in a statement: "It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore ("Tom Sizemore") aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph's Hospital Burbank.''
Last month, Sizemore collapsed in his LA home after having a stroke. He was taken to the hospital immediately, where doctors determined that he had suffered a brain aneurysm.
Since the hospitalisation, he has been in a coma in critical condition.
The news of the actor's death came a few days after his manager gave a health update revealing that doctors have recommended the actor's family's'end-of-life decision'.
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“Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end-of-life decision,” Lago said previously in a statement,as per the Post.
He added further that Sizemore’s family was “deciding end-of-life matters.”
Tom's brother Paul Sizemore and his twin boys Jayden and Jagger were by his side. In the statement, Paul said, as per People, "deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom."
"He was larger than life. He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. I am devastated he is gone and will miss him always."
In his decades-long career, he appeared in many popular films including Natural Born Killers, Heat, Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor.
Born in Detroit on November 26, 1962, Sizemore started his acting in the ’80s and got his first chance in Oliver Stone’s critically acclaimed film Born on the Fourth of July.
