John Heard the actor best known as the dad in the classic festive movie Home Alone, has died at the age of 72. Heard was found dead in a hotel in Palo Alto, California on Friday afternoon, so reports TMZ.
As well as his high-profile role in Home Alone, Heard was also seen in the likes of Chilly Scenes of Winter, Heart Beat, Cutter’s Way, Cat People, C.H.U.D., After Hours, Big, Beaches, Awakenings, Rambling Rose, The Pelican Brief, My Fellow Americans, Snake Eyes, and Animal Factory, as well as an Emmy-nominated turn in the hit HBO gangster movie The Sopranos.
He is survived by his children John Matthew, Annika and Max Heard.
