RIP: Tony Curtis

[redbear]

Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85.

The actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday. Entertainment Tonight first reported the news of Curtis's death, citing a representative for the actor's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis.

After a series of frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality, Curtis moved to more substantial roles, starting in 1957 in the harrowing show business tale "Sweet Smell of Success."

LINK


just wow ... this is one actor whom i thought would just live on forever (outside of being immortalized on film i mean) ....

[jacques1400]

Yep, the vintage is starting to run out, R.I.P.
Apart from a few movies, I remember him most from the Persuaders.

[j7wild]

another one of the last of the Hollywood's greats have left us



I liked him in the Persuaders with Roger Moore before Moore was James Bond



R.I.P. Tony, you will be missed!!