Ron Silver, the Tony Award-winning actor who amassed an impressive list of roles based on real-life figures in movies including "Reversal of Fortune" and "Ali," died Sunday. He was 62.
Silver, a longtime liberal political activist who became an outspoken supporter of former President George W. Bush's military response to Sept. 11, 2001, died of esophageal cancer in New York.
During his nearly 40-year career, Silver appeared in films such as the critically acclaimed "Enemies: A Love Story," a 1989 tragicomedy in which he starred as a married immigrant Polish Jew in post-World War II Coney Island who is having an affair.
On television, he received Emmy Award nominations for his supporting role in the 1987 miniseries "Billionaire Boys Club" and, in 2002, for his recurring role as presidential campaign adviser Bruno Gianelli on "The West Wing."
On Broadway, he won both a Tony Award in 1988 for best actor as the loathsome Hollywood movie producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow."
As an actor, Silvers raised his profile considerably by making something of a specialty of playing true-life figures in films and TV movies.
In the 1990 drama "Reversal of Fortune," he played defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz, and he was boxing trainer Angelo Dundee in the 2001 drama "Ali."
Jack Lorenz, 69, who became a prominent advocate for nature preservation during 18 years as executive director of the Izaak Walton League, died of a stroke March 2 in San Diego. He lived in Woodstock, Va. He was best known for establishing the league's outdoor ethics program, which is based on a simple but far-reaching credo: "We must leave our woods, waters and wildlife better than we found them, and we must dedicate ourselves to inspiring others to do the same."
