VIDEO : John Heard, Father in ?Home Alone,? Dead At 72

According to reports, actor John Heard died on Friday at the age of 72. Uproxx reports that fans may know him best for his role as Macaulay Culkin?s father in the Home Alone series ?a job Heard said he did for his real life kids. TMZ broke the news, detailing that Heard was found by house keeping staff at a hotel, after having back surgery at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. Reports say that no official details surrounding his death have been released. Heard's TV and film work spans over four decades, including credits like Big, Miami Vice and The Sopranos.