Actor Tony Curtis dies at home https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/9/actor-tony-curtis-dies-at-home.htm truesee's Blog: Actor Tony Curtis dies at home en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Original Blog Entry: Actor Tony Curtis dies at home https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/9/actor-tony-curtis-dies-at-home.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2010/9/actor-tony-curtis-dies-at-home.htm Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:02:32 GMT truesee Coroner: Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home (AP)

9/30/2010

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LAS VEGAS - The Clark County coroner says actor Tony Curtis has died.

Coroner Mike Murphy says Curtis died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest.

Curtis, who had heart bypass surgery in 1994, began his acting career as a 1950s heartthrob but became a respected actor with such films as The Defiant Ones and Sweet Smell of Success.

The Defiant Ones brought him an Oscar nomination in 1958 for his portrayal of a racist escaped convict handcuffed to a black escapee, Sidney Poitier. The following year, he co-starred in one of the most acclaimed film comedies ever, Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot.

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