On the day in which film celebrates its crowning achievements, one of cinema’s most underrated actors, Bill Paxton, has passed away due to complications during heart surgery.

Hours after the information had been released to the public, journalists, Stephanie Petit and Maria Mercedes Lara, wrote a heartfelt piece on People, detailing his greatest achievements and his final hours.

Paxton had begun his career in the 1970s; however, it wasn’t until he began to accept roles, in such critically acclaimed films as The Terminator (1984) and Aliens (1986), that he began to become a household name.

Though he never became a star that consistently headlined films, Paxton consistently gave understated and impactful performances that aided to both the immersion and enjoyability of all the films he was in.

The final film that Paxton will appear in is The Circle (2017), starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson.

As the final part of the article, Petit and Lara included a series of tweets Rob Lowe, a close friend to Paxton, wrote after hearing of the new of his passing.

We will never forget what Bill Paxton did for cinema.

RIP Bill.