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Ron Leibman, an Emmy-winning actor who garnered a Tony for his work in Broadways “Angels in America” and played the father of Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel Green on “Friends”, is no more. He was 82.
Leibman died on Friday.
Robert Attermann, CEO of Abrams Artists Agency, confirmed the news to variety.com.
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No further details were immediately available.
Leibman, a native of New York, played Dr. Leonard Green on “Friends” as a no-nonsense father who gave grief to David Schwimmer’s character Ross, the romantic interest of Aniston’s Rachel.
He received an Emmy Award in 1979 for portraying a reformed convict who became a criminal attorney in the series “Kaz”.
Leibman won a Tony Award in 1993 for playing a fictional version of Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches”.
Leibman broke into the entertainment business in 1956 on the soap opera “The Edge of Night” and made his movie debut in the 1970 comedy “Where’s Poppa?”, portraying the brother of George Segal’s character.