Michael Madsen, an actor who appeared in dozens of films including "Reservoir Dogs" and "Thelma & Louise," has died at age 67, his representatives said on Thursday (July 3).

Madsen died of cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California, his manager, Ron Smith, said.

His sister, actress Virginia Madsen, posted the following on Instagram.

“My brother Michael has left the stage. He was thunder and velvet. Mischief wrapped in tenderness. A poet disguised as an outlaw. A father, a son, a brother—etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark. We’re not mourning a public figure. We’re not mourning a myth—but flesh and blood and ferocious heart. Who stormed through life loud, brilliant, and half on fire. Who leaves us echoes—gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable—half legend, half lullaby.”

“I’ll miss our inside jokes, the sudden laughter, the sound of him. I’ll miss the boy he was before the legend. I miss my big brother.”

Born in Chicago, Madsen began acting in the early 1980s in projects that included the TV show "St. Elsewhere" and the movie "The Natural" on his way to racking up more than 300 on-screen credits.

He played Mr. Blonde in 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs" and appeared in several other movies from director Quentin Tarantino including "Kill Bill," "The Hateful Eight" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."

Among his other notable films are "Thelma & Louise," "Free Willy," "Donnie Brasco" and the 2002 James Bond flick "Die Another Day."

He married three times over the course of his life and had six children, one of whom died by suicide in 2022.

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