Fog Blog Entertainment Log: Actor Brian Dennehy Dies at 81....

US actor Brian Dennehy, whose chiselled jaw and towering figure featured in dozens of films, has died at the age of 81 of natural causes. ..........

On screen he played macho roles like the sheriff who jails Rambo in First Blood and portrayed the serial killer John Wayne Gacy in To Catch A Killer.

His work brought him a Golden Globe and six Emmy nominations.

But Dennehy was equally at home playing the classics on stage, and won two Tony Awards.

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to the man on Twitter, saying: "Was lucky enough to see Brian Dennehy twice on stage, masterful in Love Letters, and monumentally heartbreaking in Death Of A Salesman. A colossus. What a loss."

Fellow American actor James Woods, who starred alongside him in Bestseller, mourned a "beloved friend and colleague", tweeting: "I've never laughed so hard as we did every day on the set or off."