Actor Mark Margolis, Murderous Drug Kingpin on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ Dies at 83

Actor Mark Margolis, Murderous Drug Kingpin on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ Dies at 83
Mark Margolis attends the premiere of "Noah" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on March 26, 2014. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
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NEW YORK—Emmy-nominated actor Mark Margolis, who played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and then in the prequel “Better Call Saul,” has died at age 83.

The actor died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness, according to a statement from his son, Morgan Margolis.