Michael Massee dead: 24 villain dies at 64. Michael Massee, a prolific actor with nearly 80 screen credits in film and television between 1991 and 2016, has died at age 64, a representative at his talent agency, Greene & Associates, confirmed to EW. Massee died of cancer on Oct. 20 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, though news of his death did not break until Wednesday morning.