West Wing star Silver dies at 62 2009-03-16

Award-winning actor Ron Silver, who played political strategist Bruno Gianelli in The West Wing, has died of cancer at 62.

Silver had been fighting oesophageal cancer for two years.

He was Emmy-nominated for his West Wing role and won a Tony in 1988 for his work in the play Speed the Plow.

"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him," said Robin Bronk of the Creative Coalition, a charity which Silver helped found.

The organisation, which educates and campaigns for free speech, was established in 1989. Other founder members include Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandon.

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