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James Coburn, whose 40-year career playing movie tough guys was capped with a 1998 Oscar for his role as Nick Nolte's abusive dad in ''Affliction,'' died Monday of a heart attack, Reuters reports. The 74-year-old actor had been relaxing at his Beverly Hills home, listening to music with his wife, when he suffered his fatal coronary, his business manager, Hillard Elkins, told Reuters. ''He died happy,'' Elkins said.
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James Coburn stars in this disappointing drama about a man who tracks the gun he believes killed his daughter. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound Vermont town, tragedy strikes when his beloved daughter (Virginia Madsen) returns home for the holidays. While out doing some last minute shopping, she is shot and killed, seemingly by a nameless local thug. Crushed by her tragic and sudden death Coburn's hard-working everyman falls to pieces and decides to set out on in search of the weapon that laid the final blow. Also in search of his estranged granddaughter, Coburn crisscrosses the country as he comes into contact with the various owners of the titular weapon, hearing each of their diverse stories. ~ Rachel Deahl, All Movie Guide
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James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He became famous in the 1960s when he made many Western movies, like The Magnificent Seven; but after that, he acted in other different types of roles and became a more complete and successful actor. He was very ill in the 1980s and he almost made no movies in that decade, but he recovered and started acting again in the 1990s, and he won an Academy Award in 1998.
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Synopsis: Hit List is a thriller about a professional hit man (Jeff Fahey) who is hired by an attorney (James Coburn) with the intent of killing drug lords. However, the attorney then introduces the assassin to a sexy widow, asking him to execute the man who killed her husband. Soon, the hit man can'tRead More
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