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Actor Tony Curtis portrays magician Harry Houdini in the 1953 film "Houdini." 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," died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest at the age of 85, according to the Clark County, Nev., coroner.
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Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh are shown with their daughters Kelly, 2 1/2, and newborn Jamie Lee in Hollywood, Calif., in this Jan. 16, 1959, file photo.
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Actor Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh are shown at Academy Awards in this April 6, 1959, file photo taken in Hollywood, Calif. Curtis and Leigh were married from 1951-1962. Curtis would go on to marry five more times.
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Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh pose with their children, Kelly, 5, and Jamie, 2 1/2, on Sept. 19, 1961, prior to their departure on the SS Argentina for the Argentine where Curtis was to do location filming for the movie "Taras Bulba."
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Actor Tony Curtis and Christine Kaufmann, his second wife, pose with their daughter Alexandra in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1964. They divorced in 1968 and had two children.
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American film director Francis Ford Coppola, left, receives the first prize for his movie "Conversation" from American actor Tony Curtis on May 25, 1974, at the Cannes film festival in France.
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Actor Tony Curtis arrives for the funeral of the legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra at the Good Shepard Catholic Church in Beverly Hills on May 20, 1998.
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Actor Tony Curtis, left, and wife Jill celebrate their wedding during a reception on Nov. 6, 1998, at Gatsby's Restaurant in the MGM Grand Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Actor Tony Curtis arrives at a party to celebrate CBS's "CSI:Crime Scene Investigation" being No. 1 in television on Dec. 14, 2003, in Las Vegas.
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Actor Tony Curtis speaks Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at the Palms hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Curtis introduced Ann-Margret, who was given the CineVegas centennial award for starring in the film "Viva Las Vegas."
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Actor Tony Curtis poses for photographers during a presentation of his paintings at a London department store, Thursday, April 17, 2008. Curtis' work is being showcased at the store for a month.
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Tony Curtis and wife Jill Vandenberg Curtis arrive to the Turner Broadcasting Television Critics Association party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 11, 2008.
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Tony Curtis greets a fan at the North American premiere of his documentary "The Jill & Tony Curtis Story" in Montreal on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Tony Curtis with his wife, Jill, greet horse "Showum Jeanne", at the North American premiere of their documentary "The Jill & Tony Curtis Story" in Montreal on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, as part of the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Veteran Hollywood actor Tony Curtis reacts as he receives a lifetime achievement award at the Montreal World Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Curtis was in Montreal for the North American premiere of his documentary, "The Jill & Tony Curtis Story."
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Sitting in a wheelchair, actor Tony Curtis, author of "American Prince: A Memoir," arrives for the presentation of his book during the 16th International Book Fair in Budapest, Saturday, April 25, 2009.
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Sitting in a wheelchair, actor Tony Curtis, author of "American Prince: A Memoir," arrives for the dedication of his book during the 16th International Book Fair in Budapest, on April 25, 2009.
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Actor Tony Curtis attends Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce 89th Annual Installation & Awards Luncheon on April 15, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Actor Tony Curtis is honored at the Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce 89th Annual Installation & Awards Luncheon on April 15, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Actor Tony Curtis arrives at the TCM Classic Film Festival's gala opening night world premiere of the newly restored film "A Star is Born" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on April 22, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.
