george Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Breaking News: Actor Tony Curtis Has Passed Away ET has learned that the Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis has died. His daughter Jamie Lee Curtis’ rep has confirmed to ET the news of the legendary actor’s passing, but no further details were available. Curtis, whose real name was Bernard Schwartz, was perhaps most known for his comedic turn in Billy Wilder’s ‘Some Like It Hot’ with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acknowledged Tony’s talents in 1959 when he received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the movie ‘The Defiant Ones’ starring opposite Sidney Poitier. Tony was married six times. Jill Vandenberg Curtis was his current wife whom he married in 1998. Tony was born June 3, 1925. He died at the age of 85. -- http://www.etonline.com/news/101349_Breaking_News_Actor_Tony_Curtis_Has_Passed_Away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 RIP Tony. You had a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 He had a good run as one of Hollywood's pretty boys; but he never struck me as one of the outstanding actors, though. 85 is a pretty good run at life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Now he's one of the folks I thought died years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Tony Curtis was one of the all time greats. Spanning a career of 70 years, a Hollywood legend, never to be equalled. How many so-called present day trash celebs will be still famous in the next 70 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Now he's one of the folks I thought died years ago. Me too. I mean I thought the same as you. Not that I died years ago. Edited September 30, 2010 by GarryP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelmann Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) HIs co star Roger Moore is still going strong though "Persuaders" dang dang dang da dang dang dang ,,,dang dang dang da dang dang dang................... John Barry rules!!! Edited September 30, 2010 by travelmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterbigeyes Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 wow. There's going to be quite a lot of wet eyes when the Academy Awards does its annual RIP segment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadman Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The relevance to Thailand is? Or if its American its OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelmann Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The relevance to Thailand is? Or if its American its OK? There yer go http://ymlp.com/z5tlp1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I can understand Davey carradine getting a mention on here but Tony Curtis:whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillyman99 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Hey don't knock it boys, I'm sure when you die it will be will be international news too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Now he's one of the folks I thought died years ago. Me too. I mean I thought the same as you. Not that I died years ago. No explanation needed mate. If I thought you were dead but were replying to my post I'd unplug my computer, throw it in the local river and never use the internet again in my life. Edited September 30, 2010 by mca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 wow. There's going to be quite a lot of wet eyes when the Academy Awards does its annual RIP segment George owns this site. He can post anything he wants and always does so tastefully. Tony Curtis passing IS world news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) I can understand Davey carradine getting a mention on here but Tony Curtis:whistling: agree.. i'll add your missing.... edit: he was good though.. and his daughter is a real class act(ress) Edited September 30, 2010 by Goshawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 wow. There's going to be quite a lot of wet eyes when the Academy Awards does its annual RIP segment George owns this site. He can post anything he wants and always does so tastefully. Tony Curtis passing IS world news. Get your tongue out of his arse Ian mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmj Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Do Dooooooooo Do - The Vikings great xmas holiday movie & " I'm Spartacus " RIP Edited September 30, 2010 by kmj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 (edited) Tony Curtis was one of the all time greats. Spanning a career of 70 years, a Hollywood legend, never to be equalled. How many so-called present day trash celebs will be still famous in the next 70 years? Just a footnote for Tony Curtis.....in the late 50's in the UK to be 'with it' you dressed as a Teddy Boy with a Tony Curtis 'DA" haircut. After posting this its brought back memories of my youth. 17 years old...my Teddyboy suit....pale blue with black collar....white shirt...bootlace tie....flourescent green socks...blue suede shoes with thick crepe rubber soles......great time to be young!! Edited October 1, 2010 by gennisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Do Dooooooooo Do - The Vikings great xmas holiday movie & " I'm Spartacus " RIP The Vikings! Love it! I particularly remember one scene about raiding a harem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 The Vikings! Love it! I particularly remember one scene about raiding a harem... Ah yes, just like our annual raid on the harems of Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 RIP Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonPrice Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I’m not sure when or where Tony Curtis(1925-2010) first came into my life. Was it at the movies or on television? Perhaps it was in Houdini in 1953 when he was married to Janet Leigh. I was only nine at the time and in grade four. My mother had just joined the Baha’i Faith in Ontario. I was in love with baseball and Susan Gregory—little did she know. Perhaps I first saw him in Some Like It Hot in 1959. I had a job at the Roxy Theatre at the time as a marquee, the man who set the signboards up for the shows that arrived in town. I won the most valuable player in the midget baseball league that year in the little town of Burlington. As Bobby Darren’s song Mack-the-Knife was making its way to the top of the charts in October ‘59 I joined the Baha’i Faith. I was always impressed with my mother back then, but that would not always be the case. Tony became famous and rich but, on reading about his life today, I realized he paid for his fame and wealth with his many marriages, his alcoholism, his addictions, the suicide of his son, indeed, a long list of tests and difficulties. I’ve had my problems, too; it is difficult to compare lives but, in some ways, it can’t be helped. Tony died this week and I learned more about him today than I knew in all his years of great popularity in the 1950s and 1960s when I was growing-up and coming to maturity at the age of 20 and 21 in 1964/5 when he starred in Sex and the Single Girl(1964) and The Great Race(1965).-Ron Price with thanks to Wikipedia, 2 September 2010. I can understand why you got into art, Tony, in the last 25 years of your life..age 60-85… You were a handsome, dude, and kissed that icon of beauty, Marilyn Monroe….Yes, you got around, Tony, I must say…We did have things in common: COPD1, our mothers had mental illness; we went to college & we went under contract at age 23 you with Universal Pictures and me with DIAND2…..interested in girls and money….worried about being a failure. But so many differences, eh Tony? You made your debut in 1949 when I was 5. To my two marriages you had five and those younger women you married who gave you so much more sex or so you said, Tony…. I wish you well in that Undiscovered Country, Tony, that Land of Lights or so I am told!!! What is life like now beyond the mortal coil? 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease usually from smoking 2 Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ron Price Tasmania 2 October 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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