Game of Thrones’ star Max Von Sydow is dead

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Game of Thrones’ star Max Von Sydow is dead

Game of Thrones star, Max Von Sydow dies at 90

Max Von Sydow died on Sunday, March 8, 2020, as confirmed by wife, Catherine Von Sydow.

The Swedish actor died in his home in France at age 90. Catherine shared the sad news via a statement released to Paris Match. She shared: “It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain to announce the departure of Max Von Sydow on March 8, 2020."

Syndow was popular for his Three-Eyed Raven character in HBO award-winning series, 'Game of Thrones' as well as his Father Merrin character in 1973 horror film, ‘The Exorcist’.

The Academy nominated actor got international acclaim from his 1957 performance in Ingmar Bergman’s 'The Seventh Seal'.

In addition to his three Thrones episodes in Season 6 of the HBO drama, von Sydow’s TV work included The Tudors, where he appeared as Cardinal Von Waldburg. He also lent his voice to an episode of The Simpsons and co-starred in multiple miniseries (both in the United States and Sweden, where he was born).

The actor also had a substantial career in film, earning Oscar nominations for the foreign-language film Pelle the Conqueror in 1989 and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close in 2012. He worked closely with the late director Ingmar Bergman, appearing in 11 of Bergman’s films (including the 1957 fantasy drama The Seventh Seal).

von Sydow’s film credits also included The Exorcist (as Father Merrin), Flash Gordon (as the Emperor Ming), Conan the Barbarian and Dune, to name a few. More recently, he portrayed Lor San Tekka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.