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Tom Skerritt, Alien and Picket Fences Star, Dead at 93
Tom Skerritt , an award-winning actor whose iconic roles included the doomed captain of Ridley Scott’s Alien and Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the ’90s CBS drama Picket Fences , has passed away at the age of 93.
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Tom Skerritt , an award-winning actor whose iconic roles included the doomed captain of Ridley Scott’s Alien and Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the ’90s CBS drama Picket Fences , has passed away at the age of 93. He died of natural causes on October 21st, 2026. In a statement shared by The Hollywood Reporter , his family writes that “we are heartbroken by his loss.
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