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<blockquote data-quote="Ome" data-source="post: 72194" data-attributes="member: 2">John Heard, &#039;Home Alone&#039; Actor, Dead at 72<img src="http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/789.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />John Heard, the actor who portrayed Kevin McAllister&#039;s father in a pair of Home Alone films, has died at the age of 72.The Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Heard&#039;s death, Variety reports. TMZ adds that the actor was found dead in his Palo Alto, California hotel room, just days after Heard underwent minor back surgery, his rep said.An Obie Award-winning actor before he came to Hollywood, Heard broke out in the late Seventies thanks to his role in Chilly Scenes of Winter, which was followed by starring roles in 1980&#039;s Heart Beat, where he portrayed Jack Kerouac, and 1981&#039;s Cutter&#039;s Way, with Heard delivering a remarkable turn as a conspiracy-minded Vietnam vet. Essentially ignored upon release, the film has since earned a reputation as a forgotten classic.The early Eighties also found Heard in prominent roles in films like C.H.U.D., Cat People and Martin Scorsese&#039;s After Hours, where the actor played a seemingly sympathetic bartender. Toward the end of the decade, Heard found his niche giving depth to supporting roles, whether as Tom Hanks&#039; nemesis in Big or Bette Midler&#039;s husband in Beaches.However, Heard will be remembered as Macaulay Culkin&#039;s father Peter McCallister in the 1990 smash Home Alone and its 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.He was in a lot of movies I enjoyed, but the one I remember him the most is BEACHES.<img src="http://hollywoodshow.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/7/078_17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ome, post: 72194, member: 2"] [SIZE=6][B]John Heard, 'Home Alone' Actor, Dead at 72[/B][/SIZE] [CENTER][I][IMG]http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/789.jpg[/IMG][/I][/CENTER] [I] John Heard, the actor who portrayed Kevin McAllister's father in a pair of Home Alone films, has died at the age of 72. The Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Heard's death, Variety reports. TMZ adds that the actor was found dead in his Palo Alto, California hotel room, just days after Heard underwent minor back surgery, his rep said. An Obie Award-winning actor before he came to Hollywood, Heard broke out in the late Seventies thanks to his role in Chilly Scenes of Winter, which was followed by starring roles in 1980's Heart Beat, where he portrayed Jack Kerouac, and 1981's Cutter's Way, with Heard delivering a remarkable turn as a conspiracy-minded Vietnam vet. Essentially ignored upon release, the film has since earned a reputation as a forgotten classic. The early Eighties also found Heard in prominent roles in films like C.H.U.D., Cat People and Martin Scorsese's After Hours, where the actor played a seemingly sympathetic bartender. Toward the end of the decade, Heard found his niche giving depth to supporting roles, whether as Tom Hanks' nemesis in Big or Bette Midler's husband in Beaches. However, Heard will be remembered as Macaulay Culkin's father Peter McCallister in the 1990 smash Home Alone and its 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.[/I] He was in a lot of movies I enjoyed, but the one I remember him the most is BEACHES. [CENTER][IMG]http://hollywoodshow.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/7/078_17.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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