Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95 - AP News

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95  AP News

How Robert Duvall became a Hollywood great

A look at the life of the prolific actor whose many films included Apocalypse Now and The Godfather.

Robert Duvall, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at Age 95 - The Wall Street Journal

Robert Duvall, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at Age 95  The Wall Street Journal

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and star of The Godfather, dies aged 95

The US actor was nominated for seven Oscars and won one for his role as a washed-up country singer in Tender Mercies.

Hollywood legend Robert Duvall, star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ dies at 95

The actor, who won an Oscar for ‘Tender Mercies’ and made his film debut in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, passed away Sunday at his ranch in Virginia

By Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe

Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

Robert Duvall. Franco Origlia/WireImage/Getty Actors Robert Duvall, James Van Der Beek and Catherine O'Hara died in 2026. So did "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and designer Valentino Garavani. Legendary independent film director Béla Tarr also passed away. Below, we look back at those we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order. Scott Adams, 68 Scott Adams. Michael Macor/Getty Images Adams based the character in his beloved "Dilbert" comic strip on his coworkers at the telephone company he worked at in the 1980s. By the end of the decade, the character and his satirical office humor began appearing in comic strips. At its peak, "Dilbert" was syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers. A cartoon series debuted in 1999 and ran for two seasons. Adams gained notoriety when he began writing blog posts praising Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential run. In 2023, "Dilbert" was pulled from newspapers across the US following racist comments made by Adams. Adams died on January 13 following a bout with metastatic prostate cancer. Brad Arnold, 47 Brad Arnold. Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty Images As the lead singer of 3 Doors Down, Arnold launched the group into fame with the 2000 rock anthem "Kryptonite," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. The success led to other hits like "Loser," "Here Without You," and "When I'm Gone." Arnold's vocal range and lyrics focused on love and love lost fueled the group to stardom. Arnold died on Feb. 7 after a battle with cancer. Bud Cort, 77 Bud Cort. CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images Cort's baby-faced looks, combined with his wit and sophisticated persona, led to him becoming the epitome of 1970s counterculture when director Hal Ashby cast him as the lead in the 1971 movie "Harold and Maude." The dark comedy stars Cort as Harold, a twenty-something who is obsessed with suicide until he meets 79-year-old eccentric Maude (Ruth Gordon). The movie would go on to become a cult classic thanks to Cort and Gordon's unique on-screen chemistry. Before that, Cort scored bit parts in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H*" (1970) and "Brewster McCloud" (1970). After "Harold and Maude," Cort worked steadily for the rest of his life, occasionally showing up in hit movies like Michael Mann's "Heat" (1995) and Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004). Cort died on Feb. 11 following a long illness. Robert Duvall, 95 Robert Duvall. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Robert Duvall built a career of timeless cinema classics: "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II," "Apocalypse Now," "THX 1138," "The Natural," "Days of Thunder," "The Apostle," and the list goes on. Duvall will be best remembered for starring in three of director Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films: playing Tom Hagen in the first two "Godfather" movies and playing Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now," in which he delivers one of the most memorable lines in movie history: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Duvall was lauded for his acting talent, from not saying a word while playing Boo Radley in his first big screen role in the 1962 classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" to his portrayal of a country singer dealing with alcoholism in 1983's "Tender Mercies," which earned him an Oscar. He died on his ranch in Virginia on February 15, no cause was given. Valentino Garavani, 93 Valentino Garavani. Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images For over six decades, one name has been synonymous with women's high fashion: Valentino. The Italian designer launched his fashion business in Rome in 1960 and never looked back. Soon, every star wanted to be seen in his creations. They've been worn by icons like Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, Sharon Stone, and more. Though Garavani retired from designing in 2008, his label is still a red carpet staple, as is his famous shade of bright red dubbed "Valentino Red." Garavani died on January 19. No cause was given. Catherine O'Hara, 71 Catherine O'Hara at the 2024 Oscars. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images O'Hara, who was best known for her roles in "Beetlejuice" and "Home Alone," got her start in the Canadian comedy scene, appearing in the now-legendary cast of "SCTV." It would mark the beginning of a fruitful partnership with fellow actor Eugene Levy, who became her frequent costar and collaborator in memorable appearances in Christopher Guest films like "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show" and television series like "Schitt's Creek," which earned her an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in 2020. O'Hara's representation confirmed her death to Business Insider on January 30. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed in a death certificate viewed by People that O'Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer listed as an underlying cause. Béla Tarr, 70 Béla Tarr. Sean Gallup/Getty Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr became a legend in the arthouse world for his unflinching work featuring several-minute-long takes. With movies like "Family Nest" (1979) and "The Turin Horse" (2011), Tarr showcased his slow cinema style while focusing on marginalized characters living bleak lives. Tarr pushed the envelope with his style when he made "Sátántangó" in 1994, which had a run time of 450 minutes. His work influenced several arthouse filmmakers, including Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" ("Gerry," "Elephant," and "Last Days"). Tarr died on January 6 following a battle with a "long and serious illness." James Van Der Beek, 48 James Van Der Beek. Keith Torrie/New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images Van Der Beek was beloved all over the world for his role as the titular teen Dawson Leery on the WB series "Dawson's Creek." The series, which ran from 1998 to 2002, turned Van Der Beek into a star and a teen heartthrob. While "Dawson's Creek" was still airing, he'd cement his stardom playing the lead role of high school quarterback "Mox" Moxon in the 1999 coming-of-age drama "Varsity Blues." Van Der Beek found steady work the rest of his career in movies like "Texas Rangers" and "The Rules of Attraction, and memorably played a fictional version of himself on the TV series "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," and performed on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2019. Van Der Beek learned he had stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, and publicly announced his diagnosis in late 2024. Van Der Beek previously told Business Insider that the news came as a shock, given the subtleness of his symptoms and his efforts to stay as healthy as possible. "I was doing everything," he said. "I was doing sauna, cold plunge, weightlifting, Pilates. I would dance and also do football training." Van Der Beek died on Feb. 11. Bob Weir, 78 Bob Weir. Mark Sullivan/Getty Weir was one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. The singer-songwriter wrote and/or sang on songs like "Sugar Magnolia," "Playing in the Band," "Truckin,'" "I Need a Miracle," and "The Other One." After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir went on to form several other bands, including Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, RatDog, The Other Ones, and, alongside John Mayer, Dead & Company. In the summer of 2025, Weir was diagnosed with cancer. Weir died on January 10. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Robert Duvall, Oscar-Winning Actor and ‘Godfather’ Mainstay, Dies at 95

The seven-time Oscar nominee won best actor in 1984 for Tender Mercies, portraying an aging country singer.

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Before The Godfather, Robert Duvall starred in an underrated Twilight Zone episode that, 63 years later, only keeps getting better and better.

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