Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has died.

The actor who starred in the Godfather and “Apocalypse Now” has died at the age of 95.

His wife, Luciana, announced Duvall’s death in a post online.

Fox News broke the story on Duvall’s death:

Robert Duvall died Sunday, according to his wife Luciana. He was 95.

Circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately made available.

“Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time,” his wife shared online. “Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.”

“To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. ”

She continued, “In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.”

Tributes came pouring in:

Robert Duvall, a titan in American cinema who anchored some of the greatest films of the 20th century, has died at the age of 95. pic.twitter.com/bMse4ZiOkk

— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) February 16, 2026

USA Today reported on Duvall’s legacy in the film industry:

During a seven-decade stage, TV and screen acting career, Duvall disappeared into a stunning range of strong-willed characters, leading to seven Oscar nominations and a best actor win for his role as a down-and-out country singer in 1983’s “Tender Mercies.”

He played a wide array of unforgettable men, from Mafia lawyer Tom Hagen in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” to the surf and napalm-loving Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in Coppola’s Vietnam War saga “Apocalypse Now,” in which Duvall utter the immortal line, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory.”

His domineering Air Force patriarch Bull Meechum in “The Great Santini” burst onto movie screens in 1979, earning another Oscar nomination. Just for good measure, he appeared that same year as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the TV miniseries “Ike: The War Years.”

On TV, he became Joseph Stalin in 1992’s “Stalin,” Nazi Adolf Eichmann in 1996’s “The Man Who Captured Eichman” and, his favorite role, Texas Ranger Capt. Augustus “Gus” McCrae in the 1989 miniseries “Lonesome Dove.”

Still, Duvall, who obsessed over tango dancing when he wasn’t acting, felt all of these characters came from within.

“Has to be, it’s you underneath,” Duvall told CBS “60 Minutes” in 2004. “You interpret somebody, you try to let it come from yourself.”