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'Jagged Edge,' 'Scarface' actor Robert Loggia dies at 85

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Dec 4, 2015

Robert Loggia, an actor who appeared in many big box-office movies, has died at age 85 after suffering from Alzheimers disease for the past five years, according to Variety magazine.

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Loggia was nominated for a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a private detective in “Jagged Edge” in 1986.

Other film credits include: “An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Prizzi’s Honor,” “Independence Day,” “Problem Child,” and “Scarface.”

Perhaps his most memorable role was a comic turn as the toy company boss in "Big." In a famous scene, he and Hanks, as a boy in a man's body, dance on a giant toy keyboard in joyful duets of "Chopsticks" and "Heart and Soul."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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