Actor/Activist Ron Silver Dies

Mar. 15, 2009

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62. "Ron Silver died peacefully in his...

Actor, activist Ron Silver dead at 62

NEW YORK, March 16 (UPI) -- Ron Silver, a Tony-winning actor, political activist and free-speech advocate, has died of cancer at his home in New York, his family said. He was 62.

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