US actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Top Gun and Alien, dies aged 93

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• Emmy award-winning actor Tom Skerritt has died aged 93 of natural causes, his family said in a statement. Skerritt was known for the television series Picket Fences and films including Alien and Top Gun.
• He won an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Picket Fences in 1993. His first film role was a supporting part in the 1962 war film War Hunt, which also launched Robert Redford.
• Skerritt is survived by his third wife, Julie Tokashiki, and five children.