“Cool Hand Luke” Actor Dies, Actor died from a affection condition, coroner agent tells TheWrap
George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Amateur in “Cool Hand Luke,” died Sunday, a agent for the Canyon County, Idaho coroner’s appointment told TheWrap on Monday. He was 91.
According to the coroner’s office, Kennedy died Sunday at 4:30 a.m. at a affliction ability in Middleton, Idaho.
The coroner agent said that Kennedy died from a heart-condition, abacus that he believed that the action was long-term.
Kennedy’s grandson Cory Schenkel told TMZ that Kennedy had been in declining bloom back the afterlife of his wife Joan hardly added than a year ago, and had been in auberge affliction for a month.
Kennedy’s blur credits aswell included “The Dirty Dozen,” the “Airport” movies, a alternation of “Naked Gun” comedies and the adversity blur “Earthquake,” a part of abounding others.
Kennedy aswell starred as battling agriculturist Carter McKay in the long-running CBS ball “Dallas” for three seasons. His abounding television appearances included roles on “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Peter Gunn,” “Bonanza,” “Maverick,” “McHale’s Navy” and “Gunsmoke.”
As an author, Kennedy wrote three books, including the 1983 annihilation abstruseness “Murder on Location,” the atypical “Murder on High,” appear the afterward year, and his 2011 autobiography, “Trust Me.”
The actor, who was built-in in New York City in 1925, began as a radio aerialist but set his ball career abreast during World War II, confined with the U.S. Army for 16 years.
Kennedy launched his acting career afterwards accepting advance from Phil Silvers, on whose television appearance Kennedy served as a abstruse adviser.
Kennedy’s endure above acting role was in the 2014 Mark Wahlberg blur “The Gambler.”
George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Amateur in “Cool Hand Luke,” died Sunday, a agent for the Canyon County, Idaho coroner’s appointment told TheWrap on Monday. He was 91.
According to the coroner’s office, Kennedy died Sunday at 4:30 a.m. at a affliction ability in Middleton, Idaho.
The coroner agent said that Kennedy died from a heart-condition, abacus that he believed that the action was long-term.
Kennedy’s grandson Cory Schenkel told TMZ that Kennedy had been in declining bloom back the afterlife of his wife Joan hardly added than a year ago, and had been in auberge affliction for a month.
Kennedy’s blur credits aswell included “The Dirty Dozen,” the “Airport” movies, a alternation of “Naked Gun” comedies and the adversity blur “Earthquake,” a part of abounding others.
Kennedy aswell starred as battling agriculturist Carter McKay in the long-running CBS ball “Dallas” for three seasons. His abounding television appearances included roles on “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Peter Gunn,” “Bonanza,” “Maverick,” “McHale’s Navy” and “Gunsmoke.”
As an author, Kennedy wrote three books, including the 1983 annihilation abstruseness “Murder on Location,” the atypical “Murder on High,” appear the afterward year, and his 2011 autobiography, “Trust Me.”
The actor, who was built-in in New York City in 1925, began as a radio aerialist but set his ball career abreast during World War II, confined with the U.S. Army for 16 years.
Kennedy launched his acting career afterwards accepting advance from Phil Silvers, on whose television appearance Kennedy served as a abstruse adviser.
Kennedy’s endure above acting role was in the 2014 Mark Wahlberg blur “The Gambler.”
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