Michael Madsen, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill star, dies at 67
The actor was a regular in Quentin Tarantino films and had a career spanning over 300 credits
Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill made him a stand-out in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
Madsen was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday morning and pronounced dead, Los Angeles county sheriff’s department Watch Commander Christopher Jauregui said.
He is believed to have died of natural causes and authorities do not suspect any foul play was involved. Madsen’s manager Ron Smith said cardiac arrest was the apparent cause.
Madsen’s career spanned more than 300 credits stretching back to the early 1980s, many in low-budget films.
But his most memorable screen moment may have been the sadistic torture of a captured police officer – while dancing to Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You” – as Mr Blonde in 1992’s Reservoir Dogs.
He would become a Tarantino regular, appearing in the Kill Bill films and The Hateful Eight.