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Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 6:17 am
Ernest Borgnine, the larger-than-life actor with the affable, gap-toothed grin, known for often villainous roles, has died, according to spokesman Harry Flynn. He was 95.
Flynn told the Associated Press that Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at his side.
Borgnine won the best-actor Oscar in 1955 for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in Marty.
The AP reports:
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