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Karl Malden Dies at Age 97
Source: LA Times
The LA Times reports that Oscar Winning actor Karl Malden has died today at age 97.
One of Hollywood's strongest and most versatile supporting actors, Malden won an Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Karl Malden with Marlon Brando in 'On the Waterfront'
In a movie career that flourished in the 1950s and '60s, Malden played a variety of roles in more than 50 films, including the sympathetic priest in On the Waterfront, the resentful husband in Baby Doll, the warden in Birdman of Alcatraz, the outlaw-turned-sheriff in One-Eyed Jacks, the pioneer patriarch in "How the West Was Won," Madame Rose's suitor in Gypsy, the card dealer in The Cincinnati Kid and Gen. Omar Bradley in Patton.
He was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago on March 22, 1912, the son of an immigrant mother from the nation that later became Czechoslovakia and a Serbian father, who delivered milk for 38 years. Malden spoke little English until after his family moved from their Serbian enclave in Chicago to the steel-mill community of Gary, Ind., when he was 5.
Malden's father was a theater lover who staged Serbian plays in the church and in Serbian patriotic organizations in Gary. As a teenager, Malden played heavies -- usually Turks, complete with a big, black mustache -- in his father's productions.
The LA Times reports that Oscar Winning actor Karl Malden has died today at age 97.
One of Hollywood's strongest and most versatile supporting actors, Malden won an Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
In a movie career that flourished in the 1950s and '60s, Malden played a variety of roles in more than 50 films, including the sympathetic priest in On the Waterfront, the resentful husband in Baby Doll, the warden in Birdman of Alcatraz, the outlaw-turned-sheriff in One-Eyed Jacks, the pioneer patriarch in "How the West Was Won," Madame Rose's suitor in Gypsy, the card dealer in The Cincinnati Kid and Gen. Omar Bradley in Patton.
He was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago on March 22, 1912, the son of an immigrant mother from the nation that later became Czechoslovakia and a Serbian father, who delivered milk for 38 years. Malden spoke little English until after his family moved from their Serbian enclave in Chicago to the steel-mill community of Gary, Ind., when he was 5.
Malden's father was a theater lover who staged Serbian plays in the church and in Serbian patriotic organizations in Gary. As a teenager, Malden played heavies -- usually Turks, complete with a big, black mustache -- in his father's productions.
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Comment by Deviantkid on July 1, 2009 at 6:10pm - People die everyday, but Hollywood is catching the fever.
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Comment by The Leo of Costa Rica on July 1, 2009 at 6:09pm - I am so glad he had such a complete life, i am not saddened
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Comment by Dreamworksrival on July 1, 2009 at 6:05pm
- 97 is a good age to die. Too bad he didn't make it to 100.
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Comment by Batman on July 1, 2009 at 5:59pm -
He was 97, so its not really that sad a story.
RIP
They are dropping like flies.
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Comment by BlackMagic on July 1, 2009 at 5:57pm - Seriously, someone's picking off Hollywood's finest.
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Comment by Matthew G. on July 1, 2009 at 5:57pm - Well he was 97, he was probably begging for it.
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Comment by MyWifeDave on July 1, 2009 at 5:51pm - Scary? he was 97! Death snuck up this one.
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Comment by Porter on July 1, 2009 at 5:48pm - Such an incredible actor. He had a terrific life. R.I.P.
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Comment by AtomicComicNerd on July 1, 2009 at 5:45pm - Oh god no please no more come on you think that's enough. RIP I loved his films.
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Comment by Winner of Red Shirt Survivor on July 1, 2009 at 5:43pm - WTF? How many are going to die?
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