Madonna has paid tribute to Mark Blum, a co-star in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, after his death from coronavirus complications. The US singer and actress remembered Blum, who played Gary Glass and died this week at the age of 69, as “funny, warm, loving and professional”. “My heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones,” she wrote.

Blum also appeared in the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, playing Paul Hogan’s love rival Richard. His other credits included the 2003 film Shattered Glass and a role in The Good Wife that he reprised in its spin-off The Good Fight.

In recent years he had a recurring role in the Netflix series You. Blum’s death was announced by Rebecca Damon, executive vice-president of the actors’ union Sag-Aftra. She remembered him as “a gifted actor, a master teacher, a loyal friend and a beautiful human”. The Playwright Horizons theatre group also paid tribute, calling Blum “a dear longtime friend and a consummate artist“.(BBC)…[+]