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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 11:20 AM May 2017

R.I.P. Powers "Curly Bill Brocious" Boothe @68



Powers Boothe, the character actor known for playing villainous roles in films like Sin City and Tombstone and television series like Deadwood and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., died Sunday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 68.

Boothe's representative confirmed the actor's death to The Hollywood Reporter, adding that Boothe died in his sleep from natural causes.

Actor Beau Bridges was the first to share news of Boothe's death on Twitter. "It's with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband," Bridges wrote.

Boothe was known for portraying rival brothel owner Cy Tolliver on three seasons of Deadwood, where he became the town nemesis to Ian McShane's Al Swearengen. In recent years, the actor had a reoccurring role as tycoon Lamar Wyatt on the country music drama Nashville.

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/powers-boothe-deadwood-sin-city-actor-dead-at-68-w482230
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R.I.P. Powers "Curly Bill Brocious" Boothe @68 (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2017 OP
That's sad... I liked him in Deadwood too. hlthe2b May 2017 #1
He sure was fun to watch n/t SonofDonald May 2017 #2
As Jim Jones though .... LenaBaby61 May 2017 #3
Terrific actor, gone before his time. RIP. (nt) Paladin May 2017 #4
He's my age! lunatica May 2017 #5
RIP Powers Boothe, loved his Jim Jones character -- it was surreal. ATL Ebony May 2017 #6
I remember him as Philip Marlowe, didn't realize that was him in Tombstone. Still Blue in PDX May 2017 #7

hlthe2b

(101,701 posts)
1. That's sad... I liked him in Deadwood too.
Mon May 15, 2017, 11:25 AM
May 2017

I always thought he had the perfect name for an actor.

RIP, Mr. Boothe

ATL Ebony

(1,097 posts)
6. RIP Powers Boothe, loved his Jim Jones character -- it was surreal.
Mon May 15, 2017, 01:01 PM
May 2017

He also had great parts in Twilight Zone.

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