A powerful actor who played important, memorable roles. Also passionately involved in American politics. I did not always agree with his choices, but admire his committment.
I am sad to hear that he may have lived too long, brought down by a cruel disease.
"When will you make an end?" "When I am finished."
You have finally made an end, Chuck. And you did good.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
-Friedrich Nietzsche