"Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all."
"Some stories have me shooting it out with the Commies from a foxhole over in Frozen Chosin. Pork Chop Hill stuff," Duvall once said. "Hell, I barely qualified with the M-1 rifle in basic training."
"I heard over the intercom that we only had the use of the jets for 20 minutes. One flyby and that was it," Duvall told Roger Ebert in 1983. "I just got completely into the character, and if he wouldn'"
Robert Duvall died February 15 at age 95. His wife Luciana said he passed peacefully at home surrounded by love and comfort and praised his passion for craft and characters. Duvall earned seven Oscar nominations and won Best Actor for 1983's Tender Mercies. Horton Foote wrote Tender Mercies and recommended Duvall for his screen debut as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. Born in 1931, Duvall served in the military after the Korean War, used the G.I. Bill to study under Sanford Meisner, and worked in theater and television before rising during 1970s New Hollywood.
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