{
  "id": 16121478,
  "title": "Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in 'Alien', 'Top Gun' and 'Picket Fences,' dies at 93",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/tom-skerritt-emmy-winning-actor-with-roles-in-alien-top-gun-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T23:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/tom-skerritt-emmy-winning-actor-with-roles-in-alien-top-gun-and-picket-fences-dies-at-93"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in \"Top Gun,\" a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's \"Picket Fences\" or the doomed captain of \"Alien,\" has died.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}