Film star Tony Curtis dies at 85
19:48, 30 September 2010
LONDON. September 30. KAZINFORM Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his US home in Nevada aged 85; Kazinform refers to BBC.
The Oscar-nominated actor, who starred in Some Like it Hot opposite Marilyn Monroe, passed away peacefully in bed, a family spokesman said.
The star received an Oscar nod in 1959 for The Defiant Ones, in which he starred with Sidney Poitier.
His career spanned six decades and he made more than 120 films including Trapeze, Spartacus and The Vikings.
Clark County coroner Mike Murphy told the Associated Press that the actor died at 2125 local time on Wednesday.
Born Bernard Schwartz on 3 June 1925 in New York, the actor served in World War II before taking on the name Tony Curtis when he began his film career in 1949; Kazinform cites BBC.
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