Graham Greene, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Kicking Bird (Ziŋtká Nagwáka) in Dances With Wolves, has died at age 73.

The actor died in a hospital in Toronto after a long illness on Monday, September 1, reports Deadline.

“He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed. You are finally free,” Greene’s agent, Michael Greene, said in a statement.

Michael Greene added, “Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” referring to the actor’s former agent who died in 2013, per Deadline.

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Greene got his big break when he was cast as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner’s 1990 film Dances With Wolves, which earned 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Greene. The movie won seven awards at

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