Overview
- Madsen was found unresponsive at his Malibu home on July 3 and pronounced dead at age 67, with no foul play suspected by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
- His personal cardiologist listed long-standing heart disease and alcoholism as contributing factors on the death certificate.
- After years of addiction and multiple rehab stints, Madsen had maintained several months of sobriety and mentored peers at a Malibu recovery center.
- At the time of his passing, he was developing independent films and editing a forthcoming poetry collection, underscoring a creative resurgence.
- Across a four-decade career, Madsen appeared in over 300 film and TV productions, gaining fame for Quentin Tarantino roles in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.