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  "id": 16148566,
  "title": "US actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Top Gun, Steel Magnolias and Alien, dies aged 93",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/us-actor-tom-skerritt-who-starred-in-top-gun-steel-magnolias-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T23:53:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/us-actor-tom-skerritt-who-starred-in-top-gun-steel-magnolias-and-alien-dies-aged-93/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series Picket Fences and the films Alien and Top Gun, has died aged 93, his family says.",
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