He was 83 years old (viaDeadline).
His family has decided to keep details private at this time.
Unfortunately, the stint caused some fallout.

“About a year later, I started getting arrested.
If I went into a small town somewhere, I’d get arrested.
That’s the way cops work.

They’re used to seeing pictures of bad guys.
If they see you and they know that you’re a bad guy, they arrest you.
This guy’s a real bad guy.

He’s real scummy.
He’s one of these people that duped a lot of people out of millions and millions of dollars.
The script kept describing him as this guy who was huge and who would physically overcome Jim Garner.
He’s about 6 feet 3.
But I took the part” (viaBackstage).