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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor René Auberjonois, who played Changeling Odo, dies at 79 [cnet.com]

Prolific actor René Auberjonois [tvguide.com], best known for his role as shape-shifter Changeling Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [tvguide.com], has died at the age of 79.

The actor died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles of metastatic lung cancer, his son son Rèmy-Luc confirmed [nytimes.com] to the Associated Press.

Auberjonois also appeared as the character Paul Lewiston in 71 episodes of the TV drama Boston Legal [tvguide.com]. He is also known for his roles in Benson [tvguide.com], The Practice [tvguide.com] (which earned him an Emmy nod), Stargate SG-1 [tvguide.com], Warehouse 13 [tvguide.com], Star Trek: Enterprise [tvguide.com], Frasier [tvguide.com], It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia [tvguide.com], Murder, She Wrote [tvguide.com], and The Jeffersons [tvguide.com], to name a few.

Auberjonois has starred in numerous films such as director Robert Altman's [metacritic.com]M.A.S.H. [metacritic.com] in which he played Father Mulcahy. He appeared in other Altman movies such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller [tvguide.com], Brewster McCloud [tvguide.com], and Images. Auberjonois also appeared in the 1976 King Kong movie, The Patriot, Batman Forever [tvguide.com], and Eyes of Laura Mars [tvguide.com].

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