{"id":638645,"date":"2026-10-23T02:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638645\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T02:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:58:14","slug":"tom-skerritt-everyman-actor-of-alien-and-picket-fences-fame-dead-at-93-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638645\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Skerritt, everyman actor of \u2018Alien\u2019 and \u2018Picket Fences\u2019 fame, dead at 93 &#8211; RNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNaU1EQ3M5RnZSSHExTEl2V2owSDNqY2pxcTZIVnFzQzVuQnBJTE9USXJHYXZ2S3UyUGZXS2kzMjhtUTdNcXlHMzJfZmZGRnMwMldnWTVnUU0wVmxlM09ma0dYV1o2b2hWVkdXR1NMcmNzalczWlB5SlZWTnlwSTV5UjBObGk2LUtuTmI5NkFTX0FJT0Z3RnMwSG9TeDN5YzRjRnlweHhmem5VdGRyVEo4XzV6SEo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Skerritt, everyman actor of \u2018Alien\u2019 and \u2018Picket Fences\u2019 fame, dead at 93<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE5xeXJFcUViWDFOclI5eEZVdVpGdE93Y0w5cHZseGtacURvRUM3SnpxX21QaUE0ZUwta2xzSl9WT0s0OFpsS3RzVnRHYnVEWXdTeHRKZEZORFNpR28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Top Gun, Steel Magnolias and Alien, dies aged 93<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5Lem9XN2xLSVJxZ3B4TVMwaW0wcWlmZVVBWnpyUmVfRUVwcXhfN0dIQVdVRXoxbUJGeHN2dktuMkdFZW9Wa0R2bkxCZFlWaVdELXA2aGd0alEwRTV0Qk1lZGRaRnZqNEZvbnJqRURyU1Mxd1hjakYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Skerritt, Alien and Top Gun actor, dies aged 93<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxObzl5cTk3R3Fhb2VxTl81R2FFTUdtOTZJcUF1a2ZBaTRUM1lsbkZYQjhJZGhBUXFGWWFDVzc0UGVrRk9qbE40WEZiUUlITzVHSFBWSVNUTk1abkpVbWl4cUFIWFczRml4RUx5dXNDVmJEbGRDSUk2SlZxdFRZenViLTdma0hGcV9PWUhKZXU2c0F5dVAwWUEtNXU5M3ZaU213cVJQMVdSLWc4dU1DcVEwbG9FR1UtNWh1TmVFY2J1SzBVbXNTVGdQZTB0WnpOdFFYc19iTHIzTFg5TVluMkdnUncwTnJJaWpFOVlJSkJzU0Rpbkkw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Heartbroken\u2019: Prolific Hollywood actor dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiV0FVX3lxTE5CODl5UjhEa2pjMjE4cmFIRExpcGhhNHZncV9zVnBsR2dsTFZRREVZSEdHdUprSENDZnp2VFdwSTJiNnJSRmEyX1JBUUVpOGU4aDJITnhxUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Skerritt, Emmy-Winning Actor Known for Top Gun and Picket Fences , Dies at 93<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Skerritt, everyman actor of \u2018Alien\u2019 and \u2018Picket Fences\u2019 fame, dead at 93&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZUS actor Tom Skerritt, who starred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-638645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}