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Robert Duvall’s death at 95 closes a chapter in American cinema that will not be written again. He was the rare actor who never seemed to “perform.” Instead, he vanished into men like Tom Hagen, Lieutenant Kilgore, and Mac Sledge, giving them a lived-in truth that made audiences lean forward and believe. Directors trusted him, actors learned from him, and viewers felt, instinctively, that he was incapable of faking it.
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