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Actor Robert Forster Dead at 78 From Brain Cancer

CLASS ACT

The popular actor was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown.”

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Actor Robert Forster died Friday after a short battle with brain cancer. The 78-year-old appeared in the “Breaking Bad” and its film spinoff “El Camino,” which was released on Netflix on Friday. He was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role along side Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, and Robert De Niro as bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown.” Jackson tweeted a tribute to his former co-star, calling him a “class act.”

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