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Robert Duvall, Tom Hagen of 'The Godfather' and Oscar winner for 'Tender Mercies', dies at 95

Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of Tender Mercies and The Godfather, has died at 95. Reuters, in a report republished by Interaksyon, says his family announced that he died peacefully on Sunday. His wife, Luciana Duvall, posted a statement on Facebook.

“For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented.” — Luciana Duvall, via Reuters

Duvall won the Academy Award for best actor for Tender Mercies (1983), playing a washed-up country singer, and was nominated seven times. He played Tom Hagen, the Corleone family's lawyer, in The Godfather films and Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now. His first film role was Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, and he often called the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove his favourite role.

How each outlet framed it

• Reuters — the full career, from Boo Radley to The Apostle, which he wrote, directed and starred in.
• BuzzFeed — his wife's words that “Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.”
• The Rickey Smiley Morning Show — that he “died peacefully at his Virginia horse farm”, with no cause disclosed.
• Fox 13 — a short entry naming Tender Mercies and The Godfather.

Where the dates differ: BuzzFeed and The Rickey Smiley Morning Show give February 15, which was a Sunday, matching the family statement quoted by Reuters. Fox 13's list gives February 16. No report gives a cause of death.