York, New York. Stolen valor Dennehy enlisted in the United States Marine Corps serving from 1958 to 1963, including playing football on Okinawa. In several interviews, he described being wounded in combat and repeatedly claimed to have served in Vietnam. In 1999, he apologized for misrepresenting his military record, stating: "I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the ones who did really serve there ... I did steal valor. That was very wrong of me. There is no real excuse for that." Personal life Dennehy married for the first time while in the Marines in the early 1960s. Before he finished college he and his first wife had three daughters. Two of them became actresses, including Elizabeth Dennehy. After his first marriage ended in divorce in 1987, he married Jennifer Arnott, an Australian, in 1988, they had two children, a son and a daughter. Death Dennehy died on April 15, 2020, of cardiac arrest due to sepsis. in New Haven, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife and his five children. Filmography Film Television films Television series Video games Awards and nominations Notes References External links Photograph of Dennehy as "Doctor D." in Michael Mann's The Jericho Mile (1979) Star File: Brian Dennehy 1938 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American people of Irish descent Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actor Golden Globe winners Chaminade High School alumni Columbia Lions football players Columbia College (New York) alumni Deaths from sepsis Drama Desk Award winners Laurence Olivier Award winners Male actors from Bridgeport, Connecticut Military personnel from Bridgeport, Connecticut Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Screen Actors Guild Award winners People from Mineola, New York Tony Award winners United States Marines