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Tony Curtis, Hollywood Icon, Dies at 85, The A.P. Reports
Tony Curtis, a classically handsome movie star who earned an
Oscar nomination as an escaped convict in Stanley Kramer's
1958 movie "The Defiant Ones," but whose public preferred him
in comic roles in films like "Some Like It Hot" (1959) and
"The Great Race" (1965), died Wednesday of a cardiac arrest
in his Las Vegas area home. He was 85.
His death was confirmed by the Clark County coroner, The
Associated Press reported.
As a performer, Mr. Curtis drew first and foremost on his
startlingly good looks. With his dark, curly hair, worn in a
sculptural style later imitated by Elvis Presley, and plucked
eyebrows framing pale blue eyes and wide, full lips, Mr.
Curtis embodied a new kind of feminized male beauty that came
into vogue in the early 1950s.
um i messed that up. sorry. 85. i'm writing something else in another window with 81 in it