Silver, a longtime liberal political activist who became an outspoken supporter of former President George W. Bush's military response to Sept. 11, 2001, died of esophageal cancer in New York, according to Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which he helped found. During his nearly four-decade career, Silver appeared in films such as the critically acclaimed "Enemies: A Love Story," a 1989 tragicomedy in which he starred as a married immigrant Polish Jew who is living in post-World War II Coney Island and having an affair. On television, he received Emmy Award...
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