Karlstand, MN Actor and Resident Ned Beatty Dies During Summer

KARLSTAD, MN (trfnews.i234.me) Actor, Ned Beatty has passed away. He was married to Karlstad, Minnesota native Sandra Johnson and the couple made Karlstad their summer home.
actor ned beatty and a summer resident of carlstead minnesota has passed away this story in from our news partner pageonepublications.com oscar nominated actor ned beatty an individual who enjoyed spending his summers in carlstead minnesota with his wife sandra johnson a carlstead native died of natural causes at age of at the age of 83 on june 13th surrounded by friends and loved ones in his los angeles home according to beatty’s manager deborah miller working a half a century in american films such as deliverance network and superman uh beatty provided a booming presence and even the smallest of parts according to his obituary born on july 6 uh 1937 in louisville kentucky beatty grew up in lexicon kentucky and joined the uh protestant disciples of christ christian church there it was the theater i attended as a kid he told the associated press in 1992 it was where people got down to their uh truest emotions and talked about things they didn’t talk about in everyday life their preaching was very often theatrical as for his time in carlstead beatty first came to the town in 1998 was his then fiancee sandra johnson they married in 1999 at a little church by their mountain home in camp nelson california he and sandra enjoyed their summers in carlston and we would return to carlstead every year unless he was working in england in 2003 during his time in the broadway show cat on a hot tin roof he and sandra were looking for a minnesota property and found a small cottage in carlstead one becoming their summer home named for the gnome home by beatty the carlstead cottage provided a healing provided healing surroundings and a place to relax recharge and enjoy their family and friends people from all over minnesota and north dakota recognize beatty always treating him with uh respect and kindness he loved carlson and soon became friends with almost everyone he would meet his down-to-earth and friendly personality allowed others to feel comfortable around him and to just have fun with him according to information provided by family and friends speaking of fun beatty enjoyed fishing golfing and playing guitar and his washed up base with local musicians the woodpicks beatty is survived by his wife sandra and eight children from three prior marriages 14 grandchildren and two step who both attended school in carlstead including carol devito granowski of grand forks and john devito of bakersfield california i’m Neil Berg reporting for pageonepublications.com