Memorial portrait of Beau Starr as Sheriff Ben Meeker, with Halloween and Goodfellas elements, for obituary news illustration.
Memorial portrait of Beau Starr as Sheriff Ben Meeker, with Halloween and Goodfellas elements, for obituary news illustration.
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Muere a los 81 años Beau Starr, actor de 'Halloween' y 'Goodfellas'

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Beau Starr, conocido por sus papeles como el sheriff Ben Meeker en 'Halloween 4' y 'Halloween 5' y en la película 'Goodfellas' de Martin Scorsese, ha fallecido a los 81 años. Starr murió por causas naturales en su domicilio de Vancouver, Canadá.

Beau Starr falleció el viernes por causas naturales en su hogar de Vancouver, según confirmó su hermano menor, Mike, a TMZ. Mike lo describió como alguien “muy único y especial”. Nacido el 1 de septiembre de 1944 en Queens, Nueva York, Starr se dedicó inicialmente al béisbol profesional, formando parte del equipo de entrenamiento de los New York Jets de 1966 a 1968 y jugando en la Canadian Football League con los Montreal Alouettes y los Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Su transición a la actuación ocurrió en 1979 con su debut en la pantalla en el programa de sketches canadiense “Bizarre”.Starr ganó reconocimiento por interpretar al sheriff Ben Meeker en “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” (1988) y “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers” (1989). También apareció como el padre abusivo del personaje de Ray Liotta en “Goodfellas” (1990). Entre sus otros créditos cinematográficos se incluyen “Fletch” (1985), “Speed” (1994), “Devil in a Blue Dress” (1995), “Cinderella Man” (2005) y “Born on the Fourth of July”.En televisión, Starr tuvo papeles como invitado en series como “Psych”, “Knight Rider”, “The A-Team”, “MacGyver”, “TJ Hooker”, “Three’s Company”, “Remington Steele”, “The Fall Guy”, “Night Court”, “Matlock”, “Moonlighting”, “Murder She Wrote” y “NYPD Blue”. Sus papeles televisivos más destacados fueron el del teniente Harding Welsh en la comedia de la BBC “Due South”, que se emitió durante cuatro temporadas entre 1994 y 1999, y el del teniente Bill Triplett en la serie de la NBC “True Blue” en 1989.

Qué dice la gente

Las reacciones iniciales en X expresan mayoritariamente tristeza y homenajes a la carrera de Beau Starr, especialmente por su papel como el sheriff Ben Meeker en Halloween 4 y 5, junto con menciones a Goodfellas. Publicaciones con gran repercusión de medios como TMZ y Variety han compartido la noticia, mientras que los fans y usuarios han publicado mensajes de condolencia elogiando sus interpretaciones. No se han observado sentimientos negativos o escépticos.

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