As of: 07/07/2022 9:18 p.m
He became world famous as Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather”, after which James Caan stood in front of the camera for numerous Hollywood films. According to his family, he died at the age of 82.
The US actor James Caan, known from the classic film “The Godfather”, is dead. He died at the age of 82, as his manager announced. “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jimmy on the evening of July 6th,” Caan’s family wrote on Twitter. The cause of death was not initially disclosed. During this “difficult time”, the relatives asked for their privacy to be preserved.
Numerous filmmakers expressed their grief and paid tribute to the deceased. “Misery” director Rob Reiner described Caan as a talented and instinctive actor. “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn wrote on Twitter that he loves so many of Caan’s films, first and foremost of course his “The Godfather” films. The role of mobster Santino ‘Sonny’ Corleone in “The Godfather” made Caan famous in the 1970s. She earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1973.
He continued his career with films such as “Rollerball”, “Funny Girl”, “Another Man, Another Woman” and “The Loner”. The character actor made it big again in the early 1990s with the horror thriller “Misery”. Director Reiner took a Stephen King template in which a best-selling author (Caan) falls into the hands of a mad admirer (Kathy Bates).
Caan grew up in a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York. The father of five was married four times, his last marriage was divorced in 2009.
Actor James Caan dies at 82
Marcus Schuler, ARD Los Angeles, 7/7/2022 9:18 p.m