Tony Curtis dies at 85

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Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85

Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85.

The actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday. Entertainment Tonight first reported the news of Curtis's death, citing a representative for the actor's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis.

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I enjoyed him in Operation Petticoat.

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I lived for a bit up in the Anthem Community of Henderson, NV where TC has a house. I never met him, though many of those that had in the area spoke very highly of him. A real "salt of the earth" kind of guy.