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WILLIAM HURT: OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR AND MARVEL STAR DIES AT 71.
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Monday, 14 March 2022
William Hurt, an Oscar winner whose performances varied from celebrated 1980s dramas to Marvel pictures, has died at the age of 71, according to reports in the United States. Hurt earned the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a prisoner in a Brazilian jail in Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1986.
In the next two years, he was nominated twice again, for Children of a Lesser God and Broadcast News.
He has played General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in five Marvel blockbusters in recent years.
"It is with great regret that the Hurt family mourns the departure of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winner, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday," Hurt's son Will said in a statement to Hollywood website Deadline.
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