Tom Sizemore died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, Calif., after suffering a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18. Sizemore became a star with acclaimed appearances in Natural Born Killers and the cult-classic crime thriller Heat.
The Associated PressA 2013 photo shows Tom Sizemore in New York. The actor died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, Calif., his manager said.actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61.
"I was a guy who'd come from very little and risen to the top. I'd had the multimillion-dollar house, the Porsche, the restaurant I partially owned with Robert De Niro," the Detroit-born Sizemore wrote in his 2013 memoir,The book's title was taken from a line uttered by his character in, a role for which he garnered Oscar buzz. But he wrote that success turned him into a "spoiled movie star," an "arrogant fool" and eventually "a hope-to-die addict.
Sizemore was convicted of abusing ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003 — the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case — and sentenced to jail. The former Hollywood madam testified that he had punched her in the jaw at a Beverly Hills hotel, and beaten her in New York to the point where they couldn't attend theThe sentencing judge said drug abuse was likely a catalyst but that testimony had revealed a man who had deep problems dealing with women.
Dan Aykroyd, right, and Sizemore sing Mustang Sally during a party aboard the USS John C. Stennis, after the premiere of Disney's film Pearl Harbor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 2001.
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