Sadly, the great film actor and father to Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Curtis, passed away Wednesday of a heart attack in Nevada at 9:25 PM, according to EOnline.
Tony Curtis was a heartthrob to women for all of his adult life and for the six times he was married, and undoubtedly had a lot of fun in between. Tony was a "man's man" who lived life to the fullest.
But Curtis, nominated for an Oscar, was also one hell of an actor.
Curtis was in 117 film and television roles, and starred in some of the movies that define American Culture. Movies like Spartacus (1960) with Kirk Douglas:
And of course, there was the timelessSome Like It Hot (1959) with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe:
And Curtis was the press agent Sidney Falco in this blogger's favorite, The Sweet Smell Of Success:
Tony Curtis is an American Prince. He will be missed, and never forgotten.
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