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Paul D’Amato, Tim ‘Dr. Hook’ McCracken in ‘Slap Shot,’ Dies at 76
Paul D'Amato, best known for playing Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in 'Slap Shot,' died after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy.
Hook” McCracken in hockey comedy “ Slap Shot,” died after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease, on Monday in East Brookfield, Mass. D’Amato’s other notable credits include best picture winner “The Deer Hunter,” (pictured, in which he plays a Green Beret), “Heaven’s Gate,” “Suspect” with Cher and Dennis Quaid, “F/X” and “Six Ways to Sunday.” Additionally, John Lindley Byrne, writer and artist of Marvel Comics’s “X-Men,” was said to have based the look of Wolverine on D’Amato in “Slap Shot.” He was a supporter of the Springfield Hockey Heritage Society and made regular appearances at Hartford Whalers Alumni Weekend at Dunkin’ Donuts Park.
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