From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 16, 2026 at 12:05:10 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   wrote:   
      
   > Plenty of obituaries ae available on line.   
   >   
   > I wanted to note that in an old career interview, Robert Duvall named   
   > his best role as Gus McCrae, in Lonesome Dove (1989), the epic miniseries   
   > for CBS adapted from the 1985 Larry McMurty novel. Duvall had called the   
   > character one of the greatest in literature and that it was a privilege   
   > to play him. Duvall was initially offered Woodrow Call but said he'd   
   > played that type of character too many times, asking to play Gus.   
   >   
   > It was the season's highest-rated miniseries and higher rater than any   
   > made-for-tv movie that season. Who says viewers aren't hungry for   
   > quality television?   
      
   He was always my favorite of "The Godfather 3": Duvall, Pacino,  and De Niro   
   (who has gone insane in his old age)   
      
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