Actor James Rebhorn wrote his own obituary and it is one heartwarming read

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last updated 8 January 2015

When searching for his name during movie trivia, you might have called James Rebhorn "that guy from that thing." Which is fair, but only skims the surface.

Rebhorn — who died on March 21 at the age of 65 — appeared in more than 100 films, television shows, and plays during his decades-long career. Most recently, Rebhorn played the bipolar father of Carrie Mathison on Homeland. His long career also included small but pivotal roles in Scent of a Woman, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and most memorably (at least for this writer) the prosecutor who put the Seinfeld cast away in the series finale.

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He is also survived by his wife, Rebecca Fulton Linn, and his two daughters, Emma Rebecca Rebhorn and Hannah Linn Rebhorn. They anchored his life and gave him the freedom to live it. Without them, always at the center of his being, his life would have been little more than a vapor. Rebecca loved him with all his flaws, and in her the concept of ceaseless love could find no better example. [St. Paul Jersey City]

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Lauren Hansen produces The Weekâ€™s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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