Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin passes away at 89

American actor Alan Arkin, who won an Oscar for playing a heroin-using grandfather in ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ (2006), died at his home in Carlsbad, California on June 29. He was 89.

Arkin’s sons Adam, Matthew, and Anthony, in a joint statement to People, said, ‘Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man. A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.’

Alan Arkin, who appeared in several films, was nominated for an Academy Award four times. He won a Tony Award, Broadway’s top honor, in 1963 for his first major stage role in Carl Reiner’s ‘Enter Laughing’.

His first major movie role as a Soviet sailor in the 1966 Cold War comedy ‘The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!’ earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor.

He won praise and Emmy nominations for the TV series ‘The Kominsky Method’ co-starring Michael Douglas which debuted in 2018.

Some of Alan Arkin’s other films included ‘The Seven-Per-Cent Solution’ in 1976, ‘The In-Laws in 1979, ‘Edward Scissorhands in 1990, ‘Get Smart’ in 2008, ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ in 2008, ‘Stand Up Guys’ in 2012, and ‘Going in Style’.

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