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Officers responded to a home Wednesday morning after a 911
caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of
sin,” according to the The Los Angeles Police Department.
They found the 81-year-old who appeared in films like “Jumanji”
and “Top Gun: Maverick” in the front yard stabbed in the chest
and unconscious, according to police. He was taken to the
hospital and later pronounced dead.
Michael Gledhill, 44, who is Handy's girlfriend's son and lives
at the home with his mother, told officers that he was the
person they were looking for, according to police.
Gledhill was booked on suspicion of one count of murder,
according to police. His bail was set at $2 million, according
to jail records.
It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney. Jail records
did not show an attorney for him and messages left with the
county public defender’s office were not immediately returned.
Born in New York, Handy has been appearing in films and TV for
decades and was known for his role as an exterminator in the
1995 film “Jumanji” and more recently as the bartender Jimmy in
the 2022 film “Top Gun: Maverick,” according to IMDB. He's also
appeared in some of the top TV crime dramas, including “NCIS:
Los Angeles,” "The Closer" and “Cold Case.”
“I could not have asked for a more talented, humble or gracious
client and friend than James Handy,” Pam Ellis-Evenas, from the
Ellis Talent Group, said in an email to The Associated Press.
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