James Garner RIP
The iconic actor James Garner has died at age 86, TMZ reported Sunday.
The star of "The Rockford Files" and "The Notebook" was found dead when an ambulance arrived at his Los Angeles home around 8 p.m. Saturday, the site reported.
Garner starred in a long list of movie classics and co-starred in the 1994 big-screen version of "Maverick" with Mel Gibson. He was the original Bret Maverick in the TV series of the same name from 1957 to 1960, according to the site.
The cause of death is not yet known.
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Garner was a Democratic activist- he met his first wife at an event for Adlai Stevenson.
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Garner was a strong Democratic Party supporter, contributing over $7,500 to Democrats running for federal office the past seven years, including Dennis Kucinich (for Congress in 2002), Richard Gephardt, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, and various Democratic committees and groups. Since 1982 Garner has given at least $29,000 to Federal campaigns, of which over $24,000 has been to the Democrats.[51]
On August 28, 1963, Garner was one of several celebrities to join Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." In his autobiography, Garner recalled sitting in third row listening to Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
For his role in the 1985 CBS miniseries Space, the character's party affiliation was changed from Republican as in the book to reflect Garner's personal views. Garner said, "My wife would leave me if I played a Republican".[52]
Prior to the entry of ex-San Francisco Mayor (later U.S. Senator) Dianne Feinstein, there was an effort by Democratic party leaders, led by state Senator Herschel Rosenthal, to persuade James Garner to seek the 1990 Democratic nomination for Governor of California.[53][54]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garner#Personal_life
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