Character actor Ned Beatty of ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ fame dead at 83

Ned Beatty dead at 83 n this Oct.

Leo Ryan, the San Francisco congressman who was gunned down by cult leader Jim Jones’ followers in 1978, in the made-for-TV “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones,” Variety reported.

Later in his career, Beatty returned to the small screen in the 1990s to portray the “acerbic” Det.

Ned Beatty In this Oct.

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