Reports: Actor Tony Curtis Dead at 85

[Gerald]

Actor Tony Curtis has died, according to media reports. He was 85 years old.

The Oscar nominated actor was best known for his role in 'Some Like It Hot' alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon.

On its website, Entertainment Tonight reports that Curtis' daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, confirmed the news of her father's passing


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/09/30/reports-actor-tony-curtis-dead/?test=faces

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis

http://imgur.com/DAwxl.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99QQIXez4M




Note:Published September 30, 2010

[Castout]

RIP

[Sailor Steve]

"Yondah lies da castle of my fahdah."
:rotfl2:

I always like Tony Curtis. He had a great sense of humor about himself and his career, and despite his own joke about the above line, he was a fine actor.

A good long life, and we'll miss him. All hail The Great Leslie! :sunny:

[Schroeder]

^+1
He'll be missed.

[Rockstar]

He was The Great Leslie in the movie The Great Race (1965), loved it.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NzI2NjE2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTU5MTM0Mw@@._ V1_.jpg

[frau kaleun]

RIP Tony.

My personal favorite:

http://www.ldesign.com/Images/Essays/GlobalWarming/Part3/SomeLikeItHot.jpg

[Bilge_Rat]

just found out this little tidbit:

During World War II he served in the Navy aboard the submarine tender U.S.S. Proteus. His ship was present in Tokyo Bay for the formal surrender of Japan aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, which Signalman Schwartz watched through a pair of binoculars. “That was one of the great moments in my life,” he later wrote.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html?hp

by coincidence, just in the past few months, I saw for the first time "The sweet smell of success" and "The defiant ones", both great movies.

[SteamWake]

Shame.. I liked Tony as well.

He also produced a pretty talented daughter too.

85... sigh... I feel just a little bit older now.

[Gerald]

just found out this little tidbit:



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html?hp

by coincidence, just in the past few months, I saw for the first time "The sweet smell of success" and "The defiant ones", both great movies. World War Two - and a young man serves his country.

http://www.tendertale.com/ttiii/ttiii1.html

[Takeda Shingen]

Tony Curtis was one of my mother's favorite actors. He'll be missed.