Thursday, September 30, 2010

RIP Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Acting legend Tony Curtis has passed away according to his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis

Curtis died yesterday after going into cardiac arrest at his Las Vegas home.

Among his most famous films "Some Like It Hot,"--In 2000, the American Film Institute named the movie classic the greatest American comedy film of all time. The biopic Houdini, "The Great Race" Sweet Smell of Success, and the epic Spartacus, playing opposite to Kirk Douglas,

Curtis was great as a bigoted, escaped convict chained to Sidney Poitier in "The Defiant Ones

Curtis also embarked on a variety of TV projects including my mom's favorite as 'Stony Curtis' on popular cartoon The Flintstones in the early 1960s.


He is survived by his fifth wife Jill Vandenberg Curtis, who he wed in 1998 despite their 42-year age difference, and his five children

EW.com has more on Mr. Curtis

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