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Actor Tom Skerritt, known for iconic roles, dies
Actor Tom Skerritt, known for playing authority figures across film and television, has died. His roles included Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small-town sheriff in the television series Picket Fences.
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