Tom Skerritt, the American actor known for Alien, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias and A River Runs Through It, died in Seattle on 21 October 2026 at the age of 93.
Born in Detroit on 25 August 1933, he served in the US Air Force before becoming an actor. He won a Primetime Emmy for playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock in the CBS drama Picket Fences (1992–1996).