Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his roles in TV's Deadwood and Nashville, and in the movies Tombstone, Sin City and The Avengers, has died. Fellow actor Beau Bridges tweeted the news and called him "a dear friend, great actor, devoted father and husband." Boothe won an Emmy in 1980 for playing cult leader Jim Jones in the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. The ceremony was held amid an actors strike, and Boothe was the only acting winner to show up for his award. Peter MacNicol, who acted alongside Boothe on Fox's 24, tweeted Monday that Boothe was a great, old school actor whose every word on camera "sounded like a first time utterance."

Source: CBC News May 15, 2017 13:30 UTC