Richard Farnsworth, the oldest actor to get an Academy Award nomination for a leading part, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said. He was 80 ...

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LINCOLN, N.M., Oct. 6 -- Richard Farnsworth, the oldest leading actor to earn an Academy Award nomination, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound tonight, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said.

Originally, Richard Farnsworth, who played the sheriff, had a deputy. I saw Rob Reiner for it. And Rob said right in the room, ' You’re the guy. We can send everybody else home.'” I was very ...