Tony Curtis, Hollywood legend, notorious ladies’ man, and mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, has died from a heart attack at the age of 85. This video is a short but fitting tribute to Curtis, who has sadly died in his Las Vegas home after suffering cardiac arrest.
Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz in New York in 1925. After a tough upbringing, he served in the navy during World War II, and then began having acting lessons afterwards. In 1948 he landed a job with Universal Pictures, and his career blossomed from there.
Curtis will be best remembered for his roles in Some Like It Hot, Spartacus, and The Defiant Ones. Overall he appeared in more than 140 films, and was one of the pin-ups of the 1950s.
He is survived by his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, and his sixth wife, Jill Vandenberg Curtis, who he married in 1998. His ex-wives included Janet Leigh, who he was wed to for 11 years from 1951 to 1962.
