Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning star of Picket Fences and Tom Cruise's commander in Top Gun, died of natural causes on October 21, 2026, at 93, his family told ET. His career ran seven decades and roughly 100 films, from Alien and A River Runs Through It to last year's Western, Broke, and he was last seen publicly at a 2024 Chicago fan convention. The reporting so far is the family's confirmation and the career record; no further details on his death have surfaced.