Lisa Blount, an actress and Academy Award-winning producer who most famously starred in the film An Officer and a Gentleman, was found dead on Wednesday in her Little Rock, Arkansas home, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. She was 53.
The New York Daily News reports that Blount died on Monday after spending the past 17 years battling a disease similar to multiple sclerosis.
Police said that a friend of hers received a phone call on Monday afternoon from Blount, who said she wasn’t feeling well. Her husband Ray McKinnon, who is also an actor and recently starred in The Blind Side, was away from their home.
Blount was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in An Officer and a Gentleman. In 2001, she won an Oscar for Best Live Action Shot as a producer for The Accountant. Blount and her husband co-starred in the movie.
Police told the Democrat Gazette that no foul play was suspected in her death.
The New York Daily News reports that Blount died on Monday after spending the past 17 years battling a disease similar to multiple sclerosis.
Police said that a friend of hers received a phone call on Monday afternoon from Blount, who said she wasn’t feeling well. Her husband Ray McKinnon, who is also an actor and recently starred in The Blind Side, was away from their home.
Blount was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in An Officer and a Gentleman. In 2001, she won an Oscar for Best Live Action Shot as a producer for The Accountant. Blount and her husband co-starred in the movie.
Police told the Democrat Gazette that no foul play was suspected in her death.
