[{"selector":"#anim-f494b736-80fd-430d-9ad9-70ba45fb9881","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-beb021d1-5926-4388-84ea-4e07d96e0994","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Actor Fred Ward, of ‘Tremors,’ ‘The Right Stuff’ fame, dies aged 79

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Ward earned a Golden Globe and shared the Venice Film Festival ensemble prize for his performance in Robert Altman’s ‘Short Cuts,’ and played the title character in ‘Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.’

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He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in the 1975 film, Hearts of the West.

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Ward earned a Golden Globe and shared the Venice Film Festival ensemble prize for his performance in Robert Altman’s ‘Short Cuts,’ and played the title character in ‘Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.’

He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in the 1975 film, Hearts of the West.

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