Report: Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen dead at 84

2010-11-29 08:36:43 GMT+7 (ICT)

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- A Canadian radio station on Sunday evening reported that actor Leslie Nielsen has died at a hospital in Florida. He was 84.

Doug Nielsen, his nephew, told CJOB talk radio station in Canada that the actor passed away at a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Canadian actor had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks as a result of pneumonia.

"Just in this last 48 hours, the infection has gotten too much and today at 5.30, with his friends and his wife by his side, he just fell asleep and passed away," Doug told the radio station.

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Shame that Thaivisa is reporting it before the CBC.

RIP funny man.

RIP

REST IN PEACE.

One of the funniest guys in the movies. he had one of those faces that made you smile before he even opened his mouth.

RIP

Heaven just got a little funnier

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