Legendary actor Tony Curtis dies of heart attack, aged 85

Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his US home in Nevada aged 85.

30 September 2010, 12:00am
by Charlot Zahra

1 min read

The Oscar-nominated actor, who starred in Some Like it Hot opposite Marilyn Monroe, passed away peacefully in bed, a family spokesman was quoted as saying.

The star received an Oscar nod in 1959 for The Defiant Ones, in which he starred with Sidney Poitier.

Curtis also starred in Trapeze, Spartacus and 1970s crime TV series The Persuaders!

Clark County coroner Mike Murphy was quoted as saying that the actor died at 9.25 pm US time yesterday (3.25 am Maltese time)

Born Bernard Schwartz on 3 June 1925, the actor's career spanned six decades, and he made more than 120 films.

He was married six times, including to film star Janet Leigh, with whom he had daughter and actress Jamie Lee Curtis.