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Variety reports:

Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed. He was 89.

Arkin, who was known for projecting a characteristically dry wit but could play tragedy with equal efficacy, won his Oscar for his supporting performance in the indie comedy “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2007; he scored an encore nomination for his punchy and profane turn in Ben Affleck’s best picture winner “Argo.”

Arkin picked up two earlier nominations in his film career, for “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” in 1967 and for “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” in 1969.

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Alan Arkin has died at 89. He won the Oscar for supporting actor in “Little Miss Sunshine” and also starred in “The In-Laws,” “Argo,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Catch-22,” “The Kominsky Method” and more. https://t.co/I56uWLCBbz

— Variety (@Variety) June 30, 2023