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James Caan
American actor
1940 – 2022aged 82
Played Sonny Corleone, the hot-tempered heir apparent gunned down at a tollbooth in The Godfather, in a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination and defined his screen persona for decades. He had already drawn acclaim playing the dying football player Brian Piccolo in the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song, and kept working steadily after, from Rollerball and Thief to comic turns in Misery and Elf.