By Jessica Wedemeyer
6:39pm PST, Mar 6, 2023
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Tom Sizemore died at 61 on March 3, 2023, after suffering a brain aneurysm that left him in a coma in mid-February. Several of his famous friends, fans and former colleagues took to social media to say goodbye to the troubled "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down" star.
Keep reading to see how Hollywood mourned the Golden Globe-nominated actor…
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"Am saddened to hear of Tom Sizemore's end of life — his family has my prayers — Tom and I were friends. I knew of his suffering and his struggle with Addition — he was a terrific talent — Many families suffer from the heartbreak and tragedy of this disease and we do not do enough!!" –Robert Davi
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"Beautiful guy, God called another hero back. RIP Tom Sizemore" –Danny Trejo
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"I start a new movie next week in North Carolina and I was going to be acting along with Tom Sizemore. Bummer. RIP, Tom." –Kevin Sorbo
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"So sorry to hear this about #TomSizemore. He was always so lovely to me whenever I ran into him. One time I ran into him outside the downtown LA courthouse after I'd had jury duty. My BF was late to get me, caught in traffic. Tom insisted on waiting with me until Mark arrived." –Morgan Fairchild
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"Tommy Sizemore… Gone. Here's me n him from 'Black Hawk Down.' We'd done a few pictures together. So talented. So tormented. Our lives took different paths… Never forget our early New York nightlife. Good 'ol days. And now he's gone. So sad and sorry for that. RIP, Tommy" –Kim Coates captioned a screenshot of a scene from "Black Hawk Down"
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"One of my first films was with Tom Sizemore. A bon vivant and great actor. God bless him." –"The Wire" actor Wendell Pierce
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"In 2015, [Tom Sizemore] read [Eric Bagosian's] part at a table reading for ['Uncut Gems']. He improvised with the actor next to him (despite them not being in the scene), sometimes making up new plot details… It made an entirely predictable experience unpredictable. RIP" –filmmakers Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
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"'You know for me, the action is the juice.' Wishing Tom Sizemore the peace and rest that was so elusive for him on this Earth" –film critic Richard Roeper, who quoted one of Tom Sizemore's lines from "Heat"
