John Heard: Home Alone actor dies aged 71
John Heard, an actor best known for playing Macaulay Culkin's dad in the
original "Home Alone" movies, died Friday in Palo Alto, California. He was
72.
The Santa Clarita medical examiner's office confirmed the death to People.
According to TMZ, the actor was found dead in a hotel after recovering from a
"minor back surgery" on Wednesday at Stanford Medical Center.
In a four-decade career, Heard accumulated scores of credits but was
particularly known for supporting roles in high-profile '80s and '90s movies
such as "Big," "After Hours," "Beaches," "Gladiator" and "The Pelican
Brief."
He was also a familiar face on TV and earned an Emmy nomination in 1999 as a
guest actor on the HBO series "The Sopranos," playing a new Jersey cop who
leaked information to James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano.
But he is best known for playing the forgetful father of Macaulay Culkin's
Peter McCallister in 1990's box office hit "Home Alone" -- a role that he
reprised in the 1992 sequel.
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