Quentin Tarantino Announces Death of Beloved Fictional Actor Rick Dalton

Quentin Tarantino announced the death of Rick Dalton, a fictional TV and film star played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Dalton was beloved by fans of Bounty Law and for his iconic role as Eddie Karpinski, the flamethrower-wielding vigilante in The Fireman trilogy.
Dalton enjoyed a comeback following an incident depicted in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when he incinerated one of Charles Manson's followers with a working prop from one of his movies.
Tarantino previously revealed that he had mapped out Dalton's life and career far beyond the months covered in the film, and had written most of a book about Dalton's TV shows and movies.
Dalton's notoriety from the incident led to him being invited to the Republican Convention and appearing on The Johnny Carson Show.