The “The Breakfast Club” and “Risky Business” actor was 87 years old

Ron Dean, the actor known for his roles in “Risky Business” and “The Breakfast Club,” died on October 5 at the age of 87.

Cause of death unknown. Dean’s partner, Maggie Neff, announced the news.

“He passed away at 4 p.m., after his beloved sisters said goodbye to him,” Neve said. “He stuck up like a warrior to say goodbye to his little sisters. Then we were alone, and I held my hand in my arms, and he trusted me when I told him it was okay to let go. What an honor!”

Born in Chicago, Dean began his career playing policemen and military officials. One of his first roles was in the movie “Risky Business”, where he appeared alongside Tom Cruise. Dean also appeared in The Package with Tommy Lee Jones and Gene Hackman, and worked alongside William Shatner in TJ Hooker. Dean also had a role in John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club, playing Andy’s (Emilio Estevez) father, and appeared in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

Dean was a frequent collaborator with director Andrew Davis. He starred in several of his films, including “Code of Silence,” “Above the Law,” “Steal Big Steal Little,” “Chain Reaction,” and “The Guardian.”

Dean has appeared in various television roles in series such as “Murder, She Wrote,” “Frasier,” “ER,” “Chicago Hope,” “NYPD Blue,” “The West Wing,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Without a Trace,” “Numb3rs,” and “Cold Case” and “Still Standing”.

Dean was nominated for a 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role for “Supple in Combat” with the Steppenwolf Theater Company. He frequented Chicago theater productions, such as the Goodman Theater’s 1982 production of David Mamet’s “Lakeboat.”