Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies

new york — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains such asd the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. He was 92.  Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said in a statement to The Associated Press. She said he "took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely."  "The great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really — in a uniquely singular way — an archetype as a character actor.