Nashville actor Powers Boothe died of a heart attack at the age of 68, according to his death certificate obtained by TMZ.
Boothe had been battling pancreatic cancer for the last six months and suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest on May 14. His wife, Pamela, was named his surviving relative and informant on the certificate. His children, Parisse and Preston, also survived him.
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The Emmy award-winning actor was buried in a private service in his home state of Texas. Boothe made his national breakthrough debut as an actor in 1980 starring as a true-life demagogue and cult-leader in the CBS docudrama Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. He also starred in films like Red Dawn, Sin City and The Avengers.
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Boothe’s longtime friend Beau Bridges first broke the news of his death online. He tweeted, “It’s with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband.”
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