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"Ed Lauter was a true artist. The veteran actor died at the age of 74 on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Los Angeles Times reports. A family spokesman confirmed to the newspaper that Lauter passed away at his home in L.A. after battling mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that develops from cells surrounding internal organs.\r\n\r\nThe Long Island, New York native had a long career as a character actor beginning in the early 1970s. He had TV roles in Mannix, The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Walker, Texas Ranger and Miami Vice.\r\n\r\nMore recently, Lauter played Dick Healey in the Showtime series Shameless, a friend of Clint Eastwood&amp;apos;s character in 2012&amp;apos;s Trouble with the Curve and played Peppy&amp;apos;s Butler in the 2012 Oscar-winning film The Artist.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;A lot of people say, &amp;apos;I know you,&amp;apos; but they don&amp;apos;t know my name,&amp;quot; he told The Times in 2012. &amp;quot;But I&amp;apos;ve had a great run.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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