Brian Dennehy, Burly Actor in 'First Blood,' 'Cocoon' and 'Death of a Salesman,' Dies at 81

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Brian Dennehy, Burly Actor in 'First Blood,' 'Cocoon' and 'Death of a Salesman,' Dies at 81
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Dennehy's daughter Elizabeth confirmed on Twitter, “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related.'

— he was the fourth actor to play the iconic role on Broadway — and Tyrone in In the former, the imposing actor displayed "a grand emotional expansiveness that matches his monumental physique," Ben Brantley wrote in his review. "Yet these emotions ring so unerringly true that Mr. Dennehy seems to kidnap you by force, trapping you inside Willy's psyche.

He said he chose to live on a farm in northeast Connecticut because the biggest celebrity in his town was the guyBrian Manion Dennehy was born on July 9, 1938, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the oldest of three boys. His grandparents came to the U.S. from Ireland, and his father, Edward, worked as a writer and editor for the Associated Press.

Raised in Red Hook in Brooklyn before moving at age 12 to Long Island, he was an offensive tackle for the football team at Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York. His coach once mentioned to him that " ' as a football player, you'd make a great actor.' And we started doing theater," he

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