Ned Beatty, indelible in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ dies at 83

Ned Beatty, indelible in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ dies at 83

Ned Beatty, the indelible character actor whose first film role as a genial vacationer brutally raped by a backwoodsman in 1972′s “Deliverance” launched him on a long, prolific and accomplished career, has died. He was 83.