Overview

• Authorities confirmed no foul play after the 67-year-old actor was found dead at his Malibu residence on July 3.
• Manager Ron Smith indicated that preliminary findings point to an apparent heart attack as the probable cause of death.
• Madsen’s four-decade career included more than 300 film and television credits, beginning in Chicago theatre and early 1980s movies.
• He rose to cult status as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs and later appeared in Tarantino titles such as Kill Bill, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
• In the past two years he focused on independent films like Resurrection Road and Concessions and was preparing to publish his poetry collection Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems.