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JASON ROBARDS DIES AT 78
Two-time Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards died Tuesday at a Connecticut hospital after a long battle with cancer, The Associated Press reports. He was 78. Robards — whose career on the stage and screen spanned half a century — won consecutive Academy Awards for All the President's Men and Julia. More recently, he played Tom Cruise's dying father in 1999's Magnolia. He's survived by his fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, and six children, including actor Sam Robards, his son by Lauren Bacall.
Two-time Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards died Tuesday at a Connecticut hospital after a long battle with cancer, The Associated Press reports. He was 78. Robards — whose career on the stage and screen spanned half a century — won consecutive Academy Awards for All the President's Men and Julia. More recently, he played Tom Cruise's dying father in 1999's Magnolia. He's survived by his fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, and six children, including actor Sam Robards, his son by Lauren Bacall.