Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies age 71

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US actor William Hurt dies age 71

Image: Armando Gallo via PA Image: Armando Gallo via PA AMERICAN ACTOR WILLIAM Hurt, known for much-loved films such as The Big Chill and A History of Violence, has died at age 71,.

The actor had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in May 2018, but his son’s statement did not specify whether the disease contributed to Hurt’s passing.Hurt built his reputation on his willingness to play quirky and unusual characters such as a Russian police officer in Gorky Park , a wealthy and aloof husband in Woody Allen’s Alice and a man seeking to build a machine that would benefit blind people in Until the End of the World .

Hurt was also nominated for Oscars as a teacher of deaf students in Children of a Lesser God and as a slow-witted television anchorman in Broadcast News .

 

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Aww. He was a very good actor. Rest in peace

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