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The iconic actor James Garner has died at age 86, TMZ reported Sunday.
The star of "The Rockford Files" and "The Notebook" was found dead when an ambulance arrived at his Los Angeles home around 8 p.m. Saturday, the site reported.
Garner starred in a long list of movie classics and co-starred in the 1994 big-screen version of "Maverick" with Mel Gibson. He was the original Bret Maverick in the TV series of the same name from 1957 to 1960, according to the site.
The cause of death is not yet known.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/james-garner-dead-86-report-article-1.1873583#ixzz37zeq3VMc
Garner was a Democratic activist- he met his first wife at an event for Adlai Stevenson.
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Garner was a strong Democratic Party supporter, contributing over $7,500 to Democrats running for federal office the past seven years, including Dennis Kucinich (for Congress in 2002), Richard Gephardt, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, and various Democratic committees and groups. Since 1982 Garner has given at least $29,000 to Federal campaigns, of which over $24,000 has been to the Democrats.[51]
On August 28, 1963, Garner was one of several celebrities to join Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." In his autobiography, Garner recalled sitting in third row listening to Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
For his role in the 1985 CBS miniseries Space, the character's party affiliation was changed from Republican as in the book to reflect Garner's personal views. Garner said, "My wife would leave me if I played a Republican".[52]
Prior to the entry of ex-San Francisco Mayor (later U.S. Senator) Dianne Feinstein, there was an effort by Democratic party leaders, led by state Senator Herschel Rosenthal, to persuade James Garner to seek the 1990 Democratic nomination for Governor of California.[53][54]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garner#Personal_life
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)I met him in the early 80's on a movie set. He was very kind and accommodating. He was a true gentleman. He was very nice to my parents and my brothers. Good liberal too!
cali
(114,904 posts)I always knew him as a strong liberal- not sure why or how I knew that- and liked him as an actor.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)He will be missed.
Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)I spent a few weeks working with him in 1969 in Rome. A true gentleman and excellent actor who will be missed.
edhopper
(33,579 posts)Nice to hear he was IRL.
Amazing and long career.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)Loved his work, everything from his early Westerns to his tv shows to The Notebook. He was a strong Liberal too.
RIP Mr. Garner.
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)I know 86 is a long life but still. RIP Mr. Garner.
Why the fuck is Cheney still alive?
Beartracks
(12,814 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)than man. Twisted and evil."
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)He did spare the lives of a few of his lackeys and he did betray his master to save his son, sacrificing his own life in the process. Cheney OTOH................
Uncle Joe
(58,361 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,104 posts)I'd like to imagine he died as peacefully as his role as Duke at the end of The Notebook.
Beartracks
(12,814 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)James Garner is one of my all time favorites.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Great man.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Elaine Stritch - James Garner...
gademocrat7
(10,657 posts)James Garner was one of my favorite actors.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)I remember watching the Rockford Files when I was a kid...
jcboon
(296 posts)RIP Jimmy.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)...among my most favourite, The Great Escape...but this, this is what conjures up my childhood, part of the joy of growing up in the 70's.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)this past year. I highly recommend that everyone do so. Mr. Garner tackled quite a few topics with which we're still dealing.
His values just shined throughout that series.
blogslut
(38,000 posts)...when they all lived at a boarding house in Norman OK. He was Bumgarner then and it was his brother who was the big deal baseball player.
A good life well lived.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Made it look so easy...
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)He and a few others made it look like the blast that it is.
RIP
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)A great series. And I believe he never shot anyone in the whole series.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Gothmog
(145,231 posts)butterfly77
(17,609 posts)R.I.P.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...which of course requires the hardest sort of work. But you never saw him "acting". A great man and great actor...RIP
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)Makes me very sad. Great entertainer, and great Democrat.