Post by WTIC on Sept 30, 2010 17:40:01 GMT -5
From IMDB.com --
Tony Curtis, who channeled a rough childhood marked by tragedy into a polished and sustained career on the large and small screen for over sixty years, died yesterday of a cardiac arrest at his home in Las Vegas, his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, reported to Entertainment Tonight. He was 85.
Curtis was an avid painter throughout his life and one of his surrealist works went on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2007. More famously, as he detailed in his autobiography “American Prince: A Memoir”, Curtis had relationships with a number of famous actresses, including Natalie Wood and a brief, but widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe. He was married five times, most notably to Janet Leigh, with whom he had two daughters, Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. His last marriage, to Jill Vandenberg, who was 42 years his junior, was in 1998 and lasted until his death. Curtis had six children, five which survive him: two with Leigh, two from his second wife Christine Kaufmann, and two from his third, Leslie Allen.
From Perez:
Tony Curtis, who channeled a rough childhood marked by tragedy into a polished and sustained career on the large and small screen for over sixty years, died yesterday of a cardiac arrest at his home in Las Vegas, his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, reported to Entertainment Tonight. He was 85.
Curtis was an avid painter throughout his life and one of his surrealist works went on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2007. More famously, as he detailed in his autobiography “American Prince: A Memoir”, Curtis had relationships with a number of famous actresses, including Natalie Wood and a brief, but widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe. He was married five times, most notably to Janet Leigh, with whom he had two daughters, Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. His last marriage, to Jill Vandenberg, who was 42 years his junior, was in 1998 and lasted until his death. Curtis had six children, five which survive him: two with Leigh, two from his second wife Christine Kaufmann, and two from his third, Leslie Allen.
From Perez:
While they might not have always seen eye to eye, Jamie Lee Curtis and her father, Tony Curtis, respected each other professionally.
During her early childhood, Tony had a substance abuse problem. Coupled with an acrimonious divorce from his wife Janet, Jamie was never able to understand her father, " I understand him now, perhaps not as a father, but as a man."
Releasing a statement on Wednesday, after his passing, Jamie Lee seemed to have forgiven her father, "he leaves behind children and their families who loved and respected him and a wife and in-laws who were devoted to him. He leaves behind fans all over the world."
It's always hard losing a family member.
We love and support you girl! Stay strong.
During her early childhood, Tony had a substance abuse problem. Coupled with an acrimonious divorce from his wife Janet, Jamie was never able to understand her father, " I understand him now, perhaps not as a father, but as a man."
Releasing a statement on Wednesday, after his passing, Jamie Lee seemed to have forgiven her father, "he leaves behind children and their families who loved and respected him and a wife and in-laws who were devoted to him. He leaves behind fans all over the world."
It's always hard losing a family member.
We love and support you girl! Stay strong.
