jcasper
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Post by jcasper on Sept 30, 2010 12:42:28 GMT
Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his US home in Nevada aged 85. The Oscar-nominated actor, who starred in Some Like it Hot opposite Marilyn Monroe, passed away peacefully in bed, a family spokesman said. The star received an Oscar nod in 1959 for The Defiant Ones, in which he starred with Sidney Poitier.
His career spanned six decades and he made more than 120 films including Trapeze, Spartacus and The Vikings. Clark County coroner Mike Murphy told the Associated Press that the actor died at 2125 local time on Wednesday. Born Bernard Schwartz on 3 June 1925 in New York, the actor served in World War II before taking on the name Tony Curtis when he began his film career in 1949. 'A fine actor' He began his career as a heart-throb, but became a respected actor after starring in more substantial roles, starting in 1957 with harrowing showbusiness tale Sweet Smell of Success. He went on to appear in The Defiant Ones as an escaped racist convict handcuffed to a black escapee
a true hollywood legend R.I.P
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Post by Stealth on Oct 5, 2010 14:03:17 GMT
One of the last real legends. Shame but he lived to a good age.
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