While some actors spend their final days doing bad voice-over work or Japanese TV spots, others go out in a blaze of glory. Here are some of the more memorable final bows.
Last Role: Proximo in Gladiator (2000) This notoriously hard-living Brit died during filming of the Academy Award–winning movie, in which he played badass gladiator trainer Proximo. But at least he went out like he lived—Reed kicked it after attempting to out-drink a group of Maltese sailors in a bar.
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