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Robert Duvall Dies at 95 After Peaceful Home Passing, Family Says

Tributes highlight a seven‑decade career with a Best Actor Oscar for Tender Mercies, plus landmark roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.

Overview

  • The Academy Award winner died Sunday, Feb. 15, at his Middleburg, Virginia home, according to a representative.
  • His wife, Luciana Pedraza, announced the news on social media, describing a peaceful passing and requesting privacy.
  • No cause of death has been shared by the family or representatives.
  • Across a long career, he received seven Oscar nominations and won Best Actor for 1983's Tender Mercies.
  • He is widely remembered for Tom Hagen in The Godfather and Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now, roles that cemented his influence on American film.