RIP Mr. Durning.
Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89
Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in film as the lonely widower smitten with a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", died Monday in New York. He was 89. He died of natural causes, The Associated Press reported, citing Judith Moss, his agent and friend.
MORE IN LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/m...ter-actor-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89
Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in film as the lonely widower smitten with a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", died Monday in New York. He was 89. He died of natural causes, The Associated Press reported, citing Judith Moss, his agent and friend.
MORE IN LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/m...ter-actor-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0