{
  "id": 16165599,
  "title": "Actor Tom Skerritt, star of 'Alien' and 'Top Gun,' dies at 93",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/actor-tom-skerritt-star-of-alien-and-top-gun-dies-at-93-16165599",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:54:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445611/actor-tom-skerritt-star-of-alien-and-top-gun-dies-at-93"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Versatile actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Hollywood megahits including the sci-fi classic “Alien,” the war comedy “M*A*S*H,” and the action drama “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 93. Skerritt, a Detroit native whose Hollywood career spanned from the 1960s to the 2020s, died on Wednesday of natural causes, his family said in a statement. “While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting…",
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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."
}