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James Hayden - Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg


I had to look this guy up, it turns out he passed away Nov. 1983. He was a star on the rise. Only 29 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hayden

"In 1983, the year of his death, he portrayed a heroin addict in the critically acclaimed play American Buffalo, co-starring with his close friend Al Pacino. James died of a heroin overdose during the production.

In 1984, during the making of The Pope of Greenwich Village, Mickey Rourke dedicated his performance to the memory of James Hayden."

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