tom sizemore the saving private ryan actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions died friday at age 61the actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on feb 18 at his home in los angeles he died in his sleep friday at a hospital in burbank california his manager charles lago saidsizemore became a star with acclaimed appearances in natural born killers and the cultclassic crime thriller heat but serious substance dependency abuse allegations and multiple runins with the law devastated his career left him homeless and sent him to jailas the global metoo movement wave crested in late 2017 sizemore was also accused of groping an 11yearold utah girl on set in 2003 he called the allegations highly disturbing saying he would never inappropriately touch a child charges were not fileddespite the raft of legal trouble sizemore had scores of steady film and television credits though his career never regained its onetime momentum aside from black hawk down and pearl harbor most of his 21st century roles came in lowbudget littleseen productions where he continued to play the gruff tough guys he became famous for portrayingi was a guy whod come from very little and risen to the top id had the multimilliondollar house the porsche the restaurant i partially owned with robert de niro the detroitborn sizemore wrote in his 2013 memoir by some miracle i made it out of there and now i had absolutely nothingthe books title was taken from a line uttered by his character in saving private ryan a role for which he garnered oscar buzz but he wrote that success turned him into a spoiled movie star an arrogant fool and eventually a hopetodie addicthe racked up a string of domestic violence arrests sizemore was married once to actor maeve quinlan and was arrested on suspicion of beating her in 1997 while the charges were dropped the couple divorced in 1999sizemore was convicted of abusing exgirlfriend heidi fleiss in 2003 the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case and sentenced to jail the former hollywood madam testified that he had punched her in the jaw at a beverly hills hotel and beaten her in new york to the point where they couldnt attend the black hawk down premierethe sentencing judge said drug abuse was likely a catalyst but that testimony had revealed a man who had deep problems dealing with women fleiss called sizemore a zero in a conversation with the associated press after his convictionsizemore apologized in a letter saying he was chastened and that personal demons had taken over his life though he later denied abusing her and accused her of faking a picture showing her bruisesfleiss also sued sizemore saying she suffered emotional distress after he threatened to get her own probation revoked fleiss had been convicted in 1994 of running a highpriced callgirl ring that lawsuit was settled on undisclosed