Screen legend, Tony Curtis, passed away on Wednesday night at his Henderson, Nevada home from a heart attack. He was 85 years old.
The coroner of Clark County, Nevada, Michael Murphy, confirmed the actor, passed away.
“He died at approximately at 9:25 pm last night. The cause of death was natural, a heart attack,” Murphy told the Associated Foreign Press.
Curtis was best known for his roles in The Defiant Ones, which he earned an Oscar nominations and the Billy Wilder film Some Like It Hot, which starred alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon.
Tony Curtis’ first wife was Janet Leigh of “Psycho” fame, the couple was married from 1951–1962, they had two daughters, Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Photo of Tony Curtis with his wife Jill Vandenberg
Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)
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