Michael Madsen dead at 67, cardiac arrest

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Michael Madsen, who starred in Quentin Tarantino movies Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill: Vol. 2, has died aged 67 from cardiac arrest.

NBC reported that Madsen was found dead at his Malibu home on Thursday morning, according to his manager Ron Smith.

"In the last two years Michael Madsen has been doing some incredible work with independent film including upcoming feature films Resurrection Road, Concessions and Cookbook for Southern Housewives, and was really looking forward to this next chapter in his life," managers Susan Ferris and Ron Smith, and publicist Liz Rodriguez said in a statement.

"Michael was also preparing to release a new book called Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems, currently being edited. Michael Madsen was one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, who will be missed by many.”

Madsen is best known for his collaborations with celebrated director Quentin Tarantino, first as the demented Mr. Blonde in 1992's Reservoir Dogs, then assassin Budd, the brother of Bill (David Carradine), in 2004's Kill Bill: Volume 2. He would later player star in Tarantino's 2015 western The Hateful Eight.

While those movies are considered masterpieces, Madsen also starred in less well-received films, such as Uwe Boll's universally panned BloodRayne, which he called "an abomination."

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