Actor Treat Williams died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont.
According to a statement from Vermont State Police, shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams’ motorcycle in the town of Dorset.
Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle.
He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead.”
Police said Williams was wearing a helmet. The SUV’s driver has minor injuries but wasn’t hospitalized. He had signaled for the turn and wasn’t immediately detained, although the crash investigation continues.
Williams, whose full name was Richard Treat Williams, lived in Manchester Center in southern Vermont.
His agent, Barry McPherson, also confirmed the actor’s death. McPherson told People,
I’m just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented.
He was an actor’s actor. Filmmakers loved him. He’s been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s.”
The Connecticut-born Williams made his movie debut in 1975 as a police officer in the movie Deadly Hero. He appeared in more than 120 TV and film roles, like The Eagle Has Landed, Prince of the City and Once Upon a Time in America.
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Williams also had a recurring role on Blue Bloods and his stage appearances included Broadway shows like Grease and Pirates of Penzance.
But he was best known for his role in Everwood as a widowed guy from Manhattan who moved his ids to the Colorado mountains.
Entertainment reporter Dave Karger posted the image below with this remembrance,
I’ve saved this issue for almost 20 years because spending the day with Treat Williams in Vermont for Country Home magazine in 2003 was such an unforgettable experience for me. I’d loved him ever since my high school English teacher had us watch Smooth Talk.
He and his wife Pam could not have been more friendly and welcoming to me when I drove up to see them on that beautiful autumn day.
I’m shocked and saddened that he is gone.“
Treat Williams was 71.
(via NPR)
