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Oct 22 · Tom Skerritt, the 'Top Gun,' 'Alien' and 'Picket Fences' actor, dies at 93
Forbes: Tom Skerritt, 'Top Gun,' 'Alien' and 'Cheers' star, dies at 93
Grade B (88/100). The family statement on his death, then the credits from War Hunt to Broke and the Picket Fences Emmy; calls the films classics in its own voice
Lehrer score 88/100 (−12 loaded wording: ¶3 'the 1986 action movie classic Top Gun' / ¶6 'sci-fi horror classic Alien' (writer's own praise)). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.
¶3 'the 1986 action movie classic Top Gun' / ¶6 'sci-fi horror classic Alien' (writer's own praise)
Splits: The family statement on his death, then the credits from War Hunt to Broke and the Picket Fences Emmy; calls the films classics in its own voice
- Broken. Rule: loaded wording (¶3 'the 1986 action movie classic Top Gun' / ¶6 'sci-fi horror classic Alien' (writer's own praise))
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