Actor John Heard, who portrayed the father in the 2 Home Alone movies and the corrupt police detective on the Sopranos, was found dead in his hotel room by the maid today. John was just 71 yrs old. John was in Palo Alto recovering from some minor back surgery he had had at Stanford Hospital on July 19th. Why do people do that? Have surgery and then go to a hotel to recover! That is just so stupid to me. They should either go home or to a skilled nursing facility. Some place where there is round the clock care.
Anyway, no cause of death was determined but according to Palo Alto PD foul play is not suspected. Sounds to me like the minor surgery wasn't so minor after all.
John was married 3 times, one time to Margot Kidder the actress but this marriage only lasted 6 days. John has 3 children, 2 sons and a daughter by 2 baby's mothers. Another marriage, this one to Lana Pritchard which took place in Los Angeles in 2010 only lasted 7 months. John ran into some trouble with baby's mother #1, Melissa Leo, when John was arrested for 3rd degree assault for slapping Leo, this was back in 1991. However, John was acquitted of trespassing at their son's school, same year. Sounds to me like John may have been a woman beater. Sigh. Oh well, I think he was a very good actor. And he will definitely be missed. Rest in Peace John.
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