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Top Gun and Alien Star Tom Skerritt Dies Aged 93

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Tom Skerritt, the veteran American actor known for playing Viper in Top Gun and Captain Dallas in Alien, has died aged 93. His family said he died of natural causes at his Seattle home on Wednesday. Across six decades he also appeared in Mash, Steel Magnolias and A River Runs Through It, and won an Emmy in 1993 as Sheriff Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences.

By BriefTea Editorial · 22 October 2026 at 21:59

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