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Doctors person said determination "is nary further hope" for histrion Tom Sizemore, and recommended his household marque an end-of-life-decision, his manager has said.
The 61-year-old has been successful intensive care, successful a captious condition, since suffering a encephalon aneurysm astatine astir 2am connected Saturday, 18 February portion astatine his Los Angeles home. He is understood to beryllium successful a coma.
Sizemore is champion known for his roles arsenic the sergeant astatine Tom Hanks' broadside successful the 1998 Second World War epic Saving Private Ryan, and arsenic commandant of an service ranger battalion successful the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down. The movie won 5 Academy Awards.
He besides appeared successful Strange Days, arsenic good arsenic 1995 transgression play Heat, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award successful 2000 for champion histrion successful a miniseries oregon movie made for TV for his relation successful Witness Protection.
His manager, Charles Lago, said successful a statement: "Today, doctors informed his household that determination is nary further anticipation and person recommended [an] end-of-life decision.
"The household is present deciding end-of-life matters and a further connection volition beryllium issued connected Wednesday."
He said connected Monday that Sizemore's household were asking for privacy, adding: "They privation to convey everyone for the hundreds of messages of support, and prayers that person been received.
"This has been a hard clip for them."
Sizemore has struggled with cause addiction during his acting career, having been arrested a fig of times for driving nether the power and cause possession.
In 2003, helium was convicted of home unit against his woman Heidi Fleiss and 3 years aboriginal helium pleaded nary contention to utilizing methamphetamine extracurricular a motel.
He was arrested successful 2009 and successful 2011 for suspected artillery of a erstwhile spouse.
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