His death is very sad news. What a great actor and great-seeming man, a genuine committed humanitarian who was, according to the couple of people I knew who knew him, completely normal and unpretentious.
Here's his IMDB page. I think his Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" may be his greatest performance for me, but there are so many. Getting beyond the A-level notables, check him out in "The Young Philadelphians" and "Torn Curtain" and even "Slap Shot."
I would imagine that he was very excited about Barack Obama and the prospect of America's first black president. Not intending to predict the election outcome, I'd say it's a real shame he didn't live to have the chance to see it happen.
