Admired by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the interpreter participated in some of the greatest films in history such as "The Godfather", "Dog Afternoon" and "The Deer Hunter".
Victim of lung cancer, he died at the age of 42 and it was his partner, the Oscar winner Meryl Streep, who took care of him until the end.
Some actors leave their mark and lead the way, and that was what John Cazale did despite his short but prolific career.
Considered one of the best performers of his generation and even in history, he has to his credit five films (The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather II, Dog Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter), all of them nominated for an Oscar for the Best Film, with three winners: The Godfather, The Godfather II, and The Deer Hunter.
It was at the age of 24 that he discovered his passion for acting and, from there, he never left the stage or film sets again.
"Absolutely brilliant, hilarious, moving and exciting," specialized critics described him in the '60s when his career was beginning to take off.
Admired by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the interpreter had unparalleled appeal but eyes for only one woman, Meryl Streep.
For him, her colleague was "the best actress in the history of the world" and the great love of her life, reaching the level of talking only about her regardless of the place or situation in which she was.
She was the Oscar-winning actress and his partner from 1976 to 1978, the year of her death. In fact, it was she who accompanied him to the last end, even accepting a job in Austria to pay for her boyfriend's medical expenses.
"I have hardly seen anyone so dedicated to someone who is dying. Seeing her in that act of love for that man was inconsolable," Al Pacino revealed about Streep's attitude.
Victim of lung cancer, John Cazale died on March 13, 1978, at the age of 42 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he had been admitted the day before due to worsening health caused by lung cancer against which he He had been fighting for almost a year.
