David Warner, actor of Titanic and Omen, dies at 80

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Actor David Warner, who starred in films such as The Omen and Tron, is passed away at the age of 8 years 0 from a cancer-related illness.

His family said they shared the news "with extremely heavy hearts".< /p>

Warner was also known for playing Billy Zane's villainous sidekick Spicer Lovejoy in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

He recently appeared as naval eccentric Admiral Boom in Mary Poppins Returns.

Warner died Sunday in Denville Hall, a nursing home for people working in the entertainment industry.

"Over the past 18 months, he has approached his diagnosis with grace. and characteristic dignity," his family said in a statement given to the BBC.

"He will be greatly missed by us, as well as to his family and friends, and we will remember him as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father, whose legacy of extraordinary work touched lives of so many people over the years. We are heartbroken," he continued.

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Warner often played the villain, taking on villainous roles in films such as The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and Time Bandits (1981).

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