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Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill’ Actor, Dead at 67
Michael Madsen, the actor best known for playing tough guys in Quentin Tarantino films 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill,' has died at the age of 67.
Madsen’s manager Ron Smith confirmed the actor’s death to NBC News, adding that he died Thursday morning from cardiac arrest in Malibu, California. After beginning his acting career in the Eighties and spending much of that decade in bit roles — including a small part in Oliver Stone’s The Doors biopic — Madsen found overnight success in 1992 with his unforgettable turn as “Mr. In that acclaimed film, Madsen portrayed a sadistic criminal who — in one of the most infamous scenes in Tarantino’s filmography — cut off the ear of a policeman with a straight razor while dancing to Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle With You”:
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