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He has an upcoming reality series on Vh1, "Shooting Sizemore." That deserves a mention when someone gets a source. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 07:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a glaring oversight that no mention is made over his failed attempt to pass a drug test using a device called the 'whizzinator'. The incident brought Sizemore a lot of notoriety.--216.239.65.37 (talk) 02:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stop changing it. https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/03/tom-sizemore-actor-dead-dies/ Tkydutd (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkydutd Quoting WP:TMZ: When TMZ is the only source for a piece of information, consider also whether the information constitutes due or undue weight, especially when the subject is a living person. So long as TMZ is the only source for the story, it should not go in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 03:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was confirmed by Tom’s manager. Tkydutd (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkydutd According to whose story? —C.Fred (talk) 03:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Google News just updated with the People story. They are stating that Sizemore's manager talked to them; crucially, they are not relying on TMZ. The following should be a suitable source: [1] —C.Fred (talk) 03:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

it just landed on rolling stone. Saintstephen000 (talk)

DOB

The source given for the date of birth states he'd been born in September, while November is written here in one spot and September in another. imdb.com gives November, movies.yahoo.com gives September. Does anyone know his actual DOB? IP-Wesen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.185.110.32 (talk) 00:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't his DOB, November 29, 1961? Mybarneyboy (talk) 19:46, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Adult Ventriloquist"

Does that mean something? Varlaam (talk) 15:28, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted it. It was added by an anonymous user on 14 March 2012. -- Pemilligan (talk) 03:21, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Age

The age is wrong. Doesn't that update automaticly relative to date of birth? I am not an editor here, just noticed it is not correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.203.192.22 (talk) 05:14, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alcoholism

You white girls and boys seem to always make a happy ending for your own. Has anyone followed him since the declaration of being sober? Hold off on that sweet closing of yours until we know for sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.172.3.45 (talk) 19:36, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lay off the booze, pal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.242.148.218 (talk) 10:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Born Killers

It was confusing to me, reading the "Child sexual abuse allegations" section, if the first reference to "Born Killers," without being a link, was shorthand for "Natural Born Killers" or if it was its own separate film. It seemed unlikely to me that he was in two movies with "Born Killers" in the title. But a look at his IMDB page showed me that he was. Perhaps on first reference to "Born Killers," there should be an annotation that says something like "Yes, he was in a second film called 'Born Killers,' that has no relation to his earlier film, 'Natural Born Killers.'" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.7.204.8 (talk) 17:57, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Education

He attended Michigan State University in the early 80's because I attended with him. 173.218.75.222 (talk) 16:23, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hawaii five 0

He was also in Hawaii five-0 2601:802:8100:7080:F512:9685:E0B0:1866 (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

UNDUE

The current version of the article is all ready if Wikipedia goes tabloid, but as an encyclopedia article, having half of the article text devoted to personal scandals and tribulations is a violation of WP:UNDUE. I know the dude croaked a year ago, but the spirit of WP:BLP (WP:BLPBALANCE), such material should be trimmed. — AjaxSmack 02:35, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes agree, it needs to be trimmed substantially. This is a major problem in general on wikipedia --FMSky (talk) 02:38, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]