Emmy Award-Winning Actor "Rip Torn" Dies At Age 88

Mourned by Friends and Fans

Best known for his roles in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Men In Black, Rip Torn has passed away at the age of 88. Fans everywhere are mourning his passing with enough tweets for #riptorn to be trending on Twitter earlier this morning.

Along with fans, friends of Rip Torn are also memorializing him with pictures and tweets. Albert Brooks, who directed the actor in the film Defending Your Life, tweeted about Rip Torn this morning.

R.I.P Rip Torn. He was so great in Defending Your Life. I'll miss you Rip, you were a true original.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) July 10, 2019

Will Smith, who worked with Rip Torn on Men In Black also posted a picture on Instagram.

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R.I.P. Rip

A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) on Jul 9, 2019 at 8:03pm PDT

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