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Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' actor, has died at 61

Before addiction consumed Tim Sizemore's career, he was a go-to character actor known for portraying tough guys in movies such as "Heat" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Actor Tom Sizemore arrives at the Paramount Vantage premiere of "Babel" on Nov. 5, 2006 in Westwood, California.
Updated March 3, 2023 at 11:58 PM ET

Tom Sizemore brought magnetic intensity to many of the tough guy roles he played early in his career. Gruff and green-eyed, Sizemore appeared in numerous films now considered classics, perhaps most famously 1998's Saving Private Ryan. But the actor's struggles with addiction and legal problems would eclipse his talent and career.

On Feb. 18, after suffering a brain

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