By Greg Evans
27.03.2020 - 03:05 / torontosun.com
Crocodile Dundee star Mark Blum has died from coronavirus complications.
The 69 year old, who also appeared in Madonna’s 1985 movie Desperately Seeking Susan, Netflix hit You and TV dramas The Good Fight and St. Elsewhere, was a veteran character actor and beloved fixture on the American theatre scene.
A spokesman for New York theatre troupe Playwrights Horizons shared the new of Blum’s death on social media, writing: “With love and heavy hearts, Playwrights Horizons pays tribute to Mark Blum, a
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