‘The Deer Hunter’ acting icon who inspired Wolverine dead aged 76
Actor Paul D’Amato – who inspired the Wolverine comic character and featured in the wedding scene of ‘The Deer Hunter’ – has died aged 76. He was best known for playing a jaded green Vietnam veteran alongside Robert De Niro in 1978’s Vietnam epic ‘Deer Hunter’ but also played a range of characters in police TV drama ‘Law and Order’, and his family said he passed away on Monday (19.02.24) following a four-year battle with a rare brain disease. His fiancée Marina Re told The Hollywood Reporter he was the “most wonderful, sweetest guy” who fought “so hard” against his illness. Paul’s co-star in 1...