The Emmy winning actor reportedly passed away in his sleep due to natural causes as told by his publicist Karen Samfilippo to Entertainment Weekly.
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Born in June 1, 1948, on a farm in Scurry County, Texas Powers Boothe first started-off in Broadway in the mid to late 70’s after graduating from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Boothe’s career took a flight in the 1980’s, after playing the role of Jim Jones in the CBS-TV movie – ‘Guayana Tragedy’ – his critically acclaimed performance in the movie brought him national attention and an Emmy award. He later featured in his portrayal of detective Philip Marlowe in a string of television movies for HBO. He later on starred in several made-for-television as well as theatrical flicks like Tombstone, Blue Sky, Family of Spies, Red Dawn Extreme Prejudice among others.
He last appeared on the big-screen in the year 2014, with his role of Senetor Roark in the Robert Rodriguez directed action-crime film, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and his last Television appearance was as the voice of Mayor Eo Jaxxon in the 2016 adult animated series – Moonbeam City.
The actor passed away on Sunday, 14 May – as the news was first broke by his friend and actor, Beau Bridges as he tweeted, “It’s with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband.”
It’s with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband.— Beau Bridges (@MrBeauBridges) May 14, 2017
Thoughts go out to his family, friends and fans.