{"id":23463,"date":"2022-07-23T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-caan-cause-of-death-revealed-by-la-county-medical-examiner-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T17:28:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T17:28:39","slug":"james-caan-cause-of-death-revealed-by-la-county-medical-examiner-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-caan-cause-of-death-revealed-by-la-county-medical-examiner-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"James Caan Cause Of Death Revealed By LA County Medical Examiner \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James Caan, whose remarkable performances in The Godfather, Elf <\/em>and Misery<\/em> made him a screen icon, has had his cause of death revealed by the Los Angeles County Coroner.<\/p>\n

The 82-year-old Caan died earlier this month of a heart attack and coronary artery disease, according to the county report.<\/p>\n

His family announced his death earlier in July on the actor’s official Twitter account.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,\u201d the tweet reads<\/a>. \u201cThe family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a decade in the business, Caan shot to fame in the early 1970s with back-to-back signature roles. He earned an Emmy nom as the real-life cancer-stricken Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo in ABC’s Brian’s Song, <\/em>alongside Billy Dee Williams as fellow Bears running back Gale Sayers. The heart-rending tale of the hard-forged friendship among the NFL’s first interracial roommates was the most-watched TV movie ever at that point, with a 32.9 rating\/48 share and went on to win five Emmys including Outstanding Single Program \u2013 Drama or Comedy.<\/p>\n

In a 2011 interview with the Television Academy Foundation (watch it here), Emmy-winning Brian’s Song<\/em> screenwriter William Blinn said: \u201cJimmy’s Jimmy. He always had a cockiness, a confidence. very competitive. Edgy, in the best sense of the word. But he’s a guy with all the pluses and minuses you can have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tRobert Duvall and Caan in ‘The Godfather’<\/span>
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Caan followed that success with his best-known role: the hotheaded, violent and vengeful Sonny Corleone, Eldest son of Don Corleone (Marlon Brando), in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. <\/em>The film based on Mario Puzo’s bestseller won the Best Picture Oscar and is considered among the greatest movies of all time. Caan’s onscreen death amid a hail of bullets also is considered among cinema’s best.<\/p>\n

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n