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Tom Sizemore died after being taken off life support, his manager Charles Lago confirmed different on Friday. The 61-year-old actor suffered a brain aneurysm on February 18.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow that I must announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (‘Tom Sizemore’) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” Lago said in a statement. “His brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger (17) were by his side.”
Lago previously said on February 27 that “doctors informed his family that there was no hope and recommended the end-of-life decision.”
On February 18, Sizemore collapsed at his home in Los Angeles and was taken to the hospital by paramedics. There, doctors found that he was suffering from a brain aneurysm caused by a stroke. Sizemore has remained in critical condition since then and is in a coma under intensive care.
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my older brother Tom,” his brother Paul Sizemore said in a statement. “He was larger than life. He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He is talented, loving, giving and will delight you to no end with his wit and storytelling ability. I am sad that he is gone and I miss him always.”
Born in Detroit on November 29, 1961, Sizemore moved to New York City to pursue acting in the ’80s. One of his first credits came in 1989 with an appearance in Oliver Stone’s best picture nominee “Born on the Fourth of July.”
Known for playing the tough guy, he rose to fame in the 1990s in films like “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man,” “Passenger 57,” “True Romance” and “Natural Born Killers.” He got his big break in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 war film “Saving Private Ryan,” where he played Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath. “Saving Private Ryan” went on to score a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Along with his co-stars, including Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, Sizemore received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Over the course of his career, Sizemore has worked with directors including Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Peter Hyams, Carl Franklin, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott and Michael Bay.
Sizemore is also a convicted abuser. In 2003, he was convicted of domestic violence against his then-boyfriend, and in 2017, Sizemore pleaded no contest to two domestic violence charges after he was arrested a few months earlier on suspicion of assault. with his partner.
In 2005, Sizemore was sentenced to several months in prison after being caught trying to fake a urine test. In 2007, he was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, and in 2019, he was arrested for possession of “various illegal narcotics.” Sizemore has been public about her struggles with substance abuse, appearing on “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” and “Dr. Phil” to discuss her legal troubles.
In 1998, the actor shared that his “Heat” and “Witness to the Mob” co-star, Robert De Niro, personally helped help Sizemore enter a drug rehabilitation program. In 2013, the actor released a memoir detailing his career and personal battle with addiction, titled “By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There.”
Sizemore is survived by his two children, Jagger and Jayden. There will be a private cremation service for Sizemore’s family, with a larger celebration of life event planned in a few weeks.
