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Character Actor, Legend James Caan Passes Away at 82

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James Caan, one of America’s great film actors, has passed away at the age of 82. His family used his popular Twitter account to announce the sad passing: “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6.The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.” They finished with Caan’s trademark social media sign-off, “End of Tweet.”

Caan is most likely remembered for his portrayal of the fiery Santino “Sonny” Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, for which he received an Oscar nomination. There is a generation of people who know him as the father of Will Ferrell’s human-elf character in the Christmas perennial hit film Elf. In fact, I would argue that the only reason that film continues to have success year after year is because of James Caan and Mary Steenburgen’s very authentic portrayals of parents...
 
Just pulled up his IMDB page, he was in some great movies! RIP
 
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