Legendary character actor, Tarantino darling and Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen’s brother, Michael Madsen has died at 67.

The cause, at this juncture, is listed as “cardiac arrest.” Everything he’s been through over his 67 years — substance abuse, the loss of a child to suicide, etc. — may pile up. He’s not looked good on screen in a while, now.

But the man was a terrific actor who found himself in a lot of movies that called for that. “The Natural” and “Thelma & Louise” to “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill,” with “Sin City” and “WarGames” and two “Free Willy” pictures to boot, lest you think he was all tough guys in tough guy roles.

He made a soulful heavy and a sensitive dad when the script called for it.

Even in B-pictures at the very end, he gave fair value, always giving us the notion that here was a man who has done things, seen things and been places, a lot of which he’d like to forget and can’t.

RIP.