Alan Arkin, the Oscar-winning American actor passed away at the age of 89 on 29 June 2023. He was entitled to the Academy Awards for playing a heroin-using grandfather in the 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine.
The actor has left behind his wife Suzanne, his three sons, four grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
Arkin’s sons Adam, Matthew, and Anthony expressed in a joint system that their father was a unique talented force of nature both as an artist and a man.
According to reports, Arkin died at his home in Carlsbad, California on Thursday.
Arkin was nominated four times for the Academy Awards. His Academy Awards nominations started from the first movie in which he got a major role. This was the best actor for playing a Soviet sailor in the 1966 Cold War comedy “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!”
He won the Tony Award, Broadway’s top honors, in 1963 for his first major stage role in Carl Reiner’s “Enter Laughing.”
It is intriguing to note that Arkin was first turned down for his role in Little Miss Sunshine. However, he eventually went on to win the Oscar for the same.
Arkin was actively part of film and television up to his 80s. He won praise and Emmy nominations for the TV series “The Kominsky Method,” which also featured Michael Douglas.
He was born on March 26, 1934, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. His legacy would forever remain, enlighting and inspiring many.
