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Walter Olkewicz, Actor in ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dies at 72

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Haley Bosselman editorWalter Olkewicz, who played the bartender Jacques Renault on “Twin Peaks,” died Tuesday in Reseda. He was 72.His son, screenwriter Zak Olkewicz, confirmed his death.

He had been struggling with health issues for the past 20 years.The character actor also played oil refinery worker Dougie Boudreau on the first four seasons of “Grace Under Fire” and a mafia lawyer in Joel Schumacher’s “The Client.”On David Lynch’s groundbreaking “Twin Peaks” series, he played the French-Canadian card dealer and bartender Jacques on the first season of the ABC series.

He returned for “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces” and again for the Showtime reboot, although by then he was no longer able to stand.

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