Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home

[Lycaon]

Coroner: Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home (AP)

Source: AP 1 hour, 59 minutes ago

 

LAS VEGAS - The Clark County coroner says actor Tony Curtis has died.

 

Coroner Mike Murphy says Curtis died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest.

 

Curtis, who had heart bypass surgery in 1994, began his acting career as a 1950s heartthrob but became a respected actor with such films as "The Defiant Ones" and "Sweet Smell of Success.

 

"The Defiant Ones" brought him an Oscar nomination in 1958 for his portrayal of a racist escaped convict handcuffed to a black escapee, Sidney Poitier. The following year, he co-starred in one of the most acclaimed film comedies ever, Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot."

Rest in peace, sir.

[Aartemys]

RIP

 

It's always sad when someone passes. He was Jamie Lynn Curtis' dad...