The Oscar-winning actor who starred in films like Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, and Glengarry Glen Rose, Alan Arkin has died at the age of 89.
According to the CNN, he had a career that spanned over 60 years,
Arkin’s death was contained in a statement by the his sons, Adam, Matthew, and Anthony.
The statement reads “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man,” his sons wrote. “A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.” No cause of death was provided.
No cause of death was provided.
A four-time Academy Award nominee — including twice in the Best Actor category — Arkin finally won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2006 for his role as a sympathetic yet heroin-addicted grandfather in the 2006 off kilter comedy Little Miss Sunshine.
He would again be nominated in that category for playing a film producer in the Best Picture-winning Argo in 2013.
