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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRobert Duvall, legendary ‘Godfather’ actor, has died<\/p>\n
Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall portrayed unforgettable characters during his seven-decade Hollywood career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
For Viola Davis<\/a>, Robert Duvall<\/a> was a leading man in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n Davis, who worked with the Oscar-winning actor on 2018’s “Widows,”<\/a> paid tribute to Duvall on social media following the actor’s death<\/a> on Sunday, Feb. 15. Duvall, who was 95, died “peacefully” at home<\/a> in Middleburg, Virginia, a representative for the actor confirmed to USA TODAY on Monday.<\/p>\n “I had the honor of working alongside you in ‘Widows.’ I was in awe,” Davis wrote on Threads<\/a>.<\/p>\n During a seven-decade stage, TV and screen acting career, Duvall played a\u00a0wide array of unforgettable men<\/a>, from\u00a0Mafia lawyer Tom Hagen in Francis Ford Coppola<\/a>‘s\u00a01972 “The Godfather”<\/a>\u00a0to the surf and napalm-loving\u00a0Lt. Col.\u00a0Bill Kilgore in Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War saga “Apocalypse Now.”<\/p>\n “I’ve always been in awe of your towering portrayals of men who were both quiet and dominating in their humanness,” Davis continued. “You were a giant\u2026 an icon. \u2026 Greatness never dies. It stays\u2026 as a gift. Rest well, sir. Your name will be spoken\u2026 May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f”<\/p>\n Here’s what other stars are saying about Duvall’s life and legacy.<\/p>\n