James Caan, an onscreen tough guy and movie artist, has died at 82 James Edmund Caan was an athletic youngster from the Bronx, the son of German-Jewish immigrants who grew up to portray tough movie guys: sailors, football players, gangsters and was one of the most famous cinema performers of his day. He died on July 6, according to a statement on his official Twitter account. No more information were provided. Best renowned for his explosive portrayal as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and as a dying professional football player in the made-for-TV-movie Brian's Song (which won him Oscar and Emmy nominations, respectively), Caan offered an easily watchable machismo to scores of films and series. In Misery, he was a renowned novelist kept hostage by Kathy Bates. In Gardens of Stone, he was a heartsick Vietnam vet unwillingly guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In Elf, he acted against type as a struggling children's book publisher who is also the main character's dad....
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