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'Dark Shadows,' 'Lethal Weapon' actor Mitchell Ryan dies at 88

Mitchell Ryan died of congestive heart failure at his Los Angeles home, his stepdaughter, Denise Freed, told the Hollywood Reporter. He was 88.

LOS ANGELES — Mitchell Ryan, who played a villainous general in the first "Lethal Weapon" movie, a ruthless businessman on TV's "Santa Barbara" and had character roles on the soap opera "Dark Shadows"

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