Ben Gazzara, risk-taking stage, screen actor, dead at 81

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Ben Gazzara, a Risk-Taking Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 (New York Times)

Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday afternoon in Manhattan. He was 81.

He died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, his lawyer, Jay Julien, said. Mr. Gazzara lived in Manhattan.
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lengthy, interesting career review at link above

 

[Columbo]

I'm sorry to hear this. RIP Mr. Gazzara.

 

[STANDREID]

Actually, I didn't realize that he was still alive and only 81.

I used to love Run For Your Life and watched it every week. He drove a cool car in that show.

RIP Ben

 

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upL99XQ5_jQ"]Ben Gazzara as Charles Bukowski explains "Style" - YouTube[/ame]

 

[shana]

Gazzara, Cassavetes, Falk

...and now there are none, alive. The memory of their work lives on.

Thanks for the art...forever missed, Ben.

RIP

 

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The Guardian obit: Prolific actor who built a 60-year career in the US and Europe