American actor Brian Dennehy has passed away at the age of 81, from causes not related to coronavirus, in his Connecticut home in the United States.
His agent, who also told the AFP news agency that Dennehy’s wife was by his side when he died on Wednesday April 15, confirmed the star’s death last night.
Dennehy was an award-winning actor on both stage and screen whose career spanned more than four decades. Dennehy was born on July 9 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and despite taking up acting at the age of 14, he didn’t score his first professional acting role until 1977, when he was cast in a TV series called Kojak.
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