He was 86 years old.
In the later years of his life, Grodin picked parts based on their proximity to Connecticut.
“I don’t like to go anywhere.
I’ll go to Manhattan,” he toldDeadlinein 2015.
“Whenever they offer me something, I don’t ask ‘How much?’
but I ask ‘Where?’.
I haven’t been to Los Angeles for over 20 years.”
He never won an Oscar, but Grodin was nonetheless a legend.
Before Dustin Hoffman got the part in “The Graduate,” Grodin was supposed to.
Already, Hollywood’s comedians are sending out tributes.
Marc Marron called Grodin one of the “great cranky comedic geniuses” (viaTwitter).
The one prolonged break he took from acting, he took for his son.
“I thought it was the time to be there (for him),” he explained toDeadline.
I said, ‘That’s me.’
Then he asked, ‘What are you doing here?'"
