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Michael Madsen got sober months before shock death at 67 after years of battling with alcoholism
Michael Madsen was recently sober when he died, having finally overcome his years-long battle with alcohol.
Madsen's longtime friend and assistant, Dougie Smith, told TMZ the actor seemed to be in good health just a week before he died, and even had a routine doctor's appointment for his rotator cuff. The Reservoir Dogs star — who was arrested for driving drunk after crashing his car into a pole in 2019 — found sobriety in the last few months prior to his shock passing at 66 on Thursday, sources told TMZ; Seen in a 2012 mugshot Madsen filed for divorce from DeAnna in September 2024 - and in court papers obtained by DailyMail.com, he accused his estranged wife of driving their son to die by suicide 'by her neglect, drinking and alcoholism.'
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