The legendary star of the 1950s and 1960s and father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis died of cardiac arrest in Las Vegas.
Tony Curtis the Bronx tailors 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.
Curtis born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx was nominated for an Oscar for his dramatic role in The Defiant Ones with Sidney Poitier. His daughter Jamie Lee Curtis rep has confirmed to The Insider the news of the legendary actors passing but no further details were available. Coroner Mike Murphy says Curtis died at 925 p.
Oscarnominated actor Tony Curtis died peacefully at his home in Nevada with his wife by his side late Wednesday night according to a family spokesman. Posted 425 AM Sep 30 2010. Tony Curtis has died at 85. Updated 702 AM Sep 30 2010. width208 and height 135 and picwidth 208 and pciheight 135.
Bernie Schwartz sounded too Jewish for a movie actor so the studio gave him a new name Anthony Curtis taken from his favorite novel Anthony Adverse and the Anglicized name of a favorite uncle.
LAS VEGAS AP The Clark County coroner says actor Tony Curtis has died. Actor Tony Curtis Dies at 85.
Reports are coming in that Oscarnominated movie star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his Nevada home aged 85.
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The Insider has learned that the Oscarnominated actor Tony Curtis has died.
Tony Curtis the Bronx tailors son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest.