Overview
- Starr, who died on Friday, April 24, in Vancouver, passed of natural causes at age 81, his brother Mike Starr said.
- TMZ reported the death first, and his brother later confirmed the date and cause publicly.
- He was best known as Sheriff Ben Meeker in Halloween 4 and 5 and as Henry Hill’s father in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas.
- Across more than four decades he amassed over 100 film and TV credits, with a long-running role as Lt. Harding Welsh in Due South from 1994 to 1999.
- Former manager Timothy Beal remembered him as warm with fans, especially followers of the Halloween franchise.