Walter Matthau (/ ˈ m æ θ aʊ /; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director.He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966).. He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958), and as a coach of a hapless little. Matthau suffered from various health problems throughout his life, including rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, appendicitis, and a heart attack. He had a quadruple bypass surgery in 1976 and another one in 1985. He also had colon cancer in 1976 and prostate cancer in 1993. He died of a heart attack on July 1, 2000, at the age of 79, in Santa.
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The cause was a heart attack, said Lindi Funston, a spokeswoman for St. John's Health Center, where he died.. Walter Matthau was born in New York City on Oct. 1, 1920, to Milton. Sat 1 Jul 2000 15.20 EDT. Walter Matthau, the foghorn-voiced movie villain who became a master of crotchety comedy with his Oscar-winning The Fortune Cookie and followed with The Odd Couple. Matthau died Saturday of a heart attack at age 79. Join Backstage to access jobs you can apply to right now! The actor had suffered heart ailments, undergoing a heart bypass operation in 1976 and. The funeral for Walter Matthau was short and sweet, witnessed by immediate family and a few adoring friends. An ambulance took him to a Santa Monica hospital late on the last night of June, and.
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Walter Matthau. Actor: The Odd Couple. Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars. He was born Walter Jake Matthow in New York City, New York on October 1, 1920. His mother was an immigrant from. Walter Matthau Obituary We remember veteran actor Walter Matthau, who died early Saturday morning of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California at age 79. and "The Odd Couple," died in the early morning of July 1 in a Santa Monica, CA, hospital. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, according to a statement. Mr. Matthau was 79. Born with the. Walter Matthau, who claimed that "Foghorn" was his middle name, is dead at 79. The beloved actor, whose face was mapped with laugh lines, died of a heart attack early Saturday morning.. (1975), where he stepped in after Jack Benny's death and made the role of an old vaudevillian his own. He starred opposite George Burns, and the two of them.
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Walter Matthau (born October 1, 1920, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 1, 2000, Santa Monica, California) American actor who was known for his rumpled face, nasal bray, and razor-sharp comic timing.. Born into a poor family of Jewish Russian immigrants, he was compelled to work at a very early age. As a young teen, he was employed at the concession stand in a Lower East Side Yiddish. Still don't know the cause of death. Walter Matthau is dead at age 79. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Walter Matthau, the Oscar-winning star of such movies as The Fortune Cookie, The Odd Couple, Grumpy Old Men and many other hits, died Saturday morning of a heart attack. He was 79. Matthau was. No cause of death was immediately reported. He was 79. Walter Matthau was a child actor in New York's Yiddish Theater who rose to stardom in film and on Broadway, winning an Oscar for best.
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By J.Y. Smith. July 2, 2000. Walter Matthau, 79, a comic actor who specialized in outrageous, irascible and frequently irresistible characters in films such as "The Fortune Cookie," which won him. Walter Matthau. AKA Walter John Matthow. Born: 1-Oct-1920 Birthplace: New York City Died: 1-Jul-2000 Location of death: Santa Monica, CA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA. Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight
