His manager confirmed that Tom Sizemore, a Hollywood star and tough guy, has died on Friday.
He was 61.
Charles Lago, Sizemore’s manager, said that Sizemore passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospital Burbank on Friday.
Lago stated that Sizemore’s brother Paul and Sizemores 17-year old twin sons Jayden and Jagger were there with him. Paul Sizemore described his older brother as “larger than life.”
He has had a profound impact on my life. Paul Sizemore released a statement stating that he was talented, loving and giving. His wit and storytelling abilities could keep you entertained for hours. “I am deeply sad that he has passed and will always be missed by him,” Sizemore said.
Sizemore died at his Los Angeles home after suffering a brain aneurysm in February. Sizemore died at the age of 18 after a brain aneurysm February. Doctors were unable to revive him.
He is most well-known for his role as Sgt. Mike Horvath was the star of “Saving Private Ryan” in 1998. It won five Academy Awards. The film earned Steven Spielberg the best director award.
Sizemore and his “Ryan” on-screen colleagues were nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for exceptional performance by a cast.
He was also in “Black Hawk Down,” and “Strange Days” as well as “Heat” among other films.
Tom Sizemore as Hugh Meachum in the 2016 TV series “Shooter.”
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Sizemore’s headlines have been more frequently linked to domestic abuse allegations and drug abuse in recent years.
Sizemore stated that he had a direct relationship between his sober lifestyle and his once-skyrocketing career in a 2005 interview with Keith Morrison .
When asked about his longest period of sobriety, he replied: “Doing no drugs at all.” From ’95 through 2001. They are the most prolific years in my career, so it’s no coincidence.”
“My poor judgement, the drug abuse. Sizemore stated, “I take full responsibility for,”
“I wish I hadn’t done it. It was unbelievable to me. It’s so simple. I don’t want my mother to die. My mother hasn’t slept in three years already.”
His public life was at its lowest point during a long-running criminal case in Los Angeles County. He was accused of beating up Heidi Fleiss , his former Hollywood madam.
In 2003, he was convicted of assaulting and threatening Fleiss and sentenced to six-months in prison. Sizemore claimed that he did not hit her in 2005.
He continued to have drug-related encounters with law enforcement even after Fleiss’ conviction.
Sizemore was sentenced to prison by a judge in 2005 for violating his probation. Sizemore allegedly failed drug tests and tried to use a fake penisto pass clean urine.
In 2007, he was taken into custody outside of a Bakersfield hotel on a charge for possession of methamphetamine.
Sizemore stated in 2005 that all those encounters with the law had a devastating effect on his family, especially his father and mother.
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. was conceived in Detroit on Nov. 29, 1961 to Judith Sizemore and Thomas Sizemore Sr.
After studying theater at Wayne State University, he was awarded one of his first major Hollywood screen credits in “Born On the Fourth of July,” directed by Oliver Stone.
Five years later, Sizemore and Stone teamed up in “Natural Born Killers.”
Hollywood success led to an unending supply of alcohol and drugs. Sizemore admitted that he used these drugs despite the best efforts of his friends Robert DeNiro, a fellow actor, and Michael Mann, a director, to keep him sober.
Sizemore’s red carpet appearance in “Saving Private Ryan” would lead to another screen credit, the VH1 reality series “Celebrity Rehab”.
He told The Associated Press that he was very sorry for the mislead people.
“I am very, very sorry to the people I have hurt, particularly my father.”
Sizemore was survived by his brother and twin sons, ex-wife Maeve Quilan, and his former girlfriend Janelle MacIntire who gave birth to Jayden and Jagger Sizemore.
Quinlan stated Friday that her heart is with Tom Sizemore’s family in Quinlan’s statement.
“My thoughts and prayers are especially for Tom’s sons Jayden and Jagger. She said, “May God hold you both in his hand, give strength and bless all your days.”
Lago stated that a private cremation service will take place and that a larger celebration will be planned within a few weeks.
“The Sizemore family has been consoled by the hundreds if messages of support and love sent to their son, brother, and father,” stated Lago, who described Sizemore as a friend and mentor.
