Robert Duvall didn't belong to any era of Hollywood. He preceded New Hollywood, thrived in it, and outlasted it. He was a Mafia lawyer, a surfing colonel, a ruthless network executive, a country drunk, a Pentecostal preacher, a Texas Ranger. In none of them could you find the seams. He never gave you a "Duvall performance." He delivered a character, and then he disappeared.

Duvall died Sunday at his home in rural Virginia, with his wife Luciana at his side. He was 95.

"To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller," she wrote. "To me, ...

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