Actor Ron Silver dies at 62

So sad.  I remember him from so many things, but mainly when he frightened the be-j*sus out of me in Blue Steel.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at age 62.

"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning" in New York, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. "He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years."

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing," had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.

Full article at The Hollywood Reporter.com.

62!!? That's so young! I have to confess that I didn't even know he'd been ill. 

62 is just too young.

I didn't know he was ill, either.

Bummer.  :\\\'(

Me either, wow!   :\\\'( :\\\'( :\\\'(

Loved the way he spoke. You just wouldn't want to argue with him...

Bruno!!  :\\\'(