Tony Curtis dies at 85


Tony Curtis, the famous actor of beautiful blue eyes,  died in bed in his Las Vegas home, on September 29, 2010 at 9:25 PM of cardiac arrest.

Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz in in the Bronx, New York, the son of Emanuel Schwartz and his wife Helen Klein.His parents were  Hungarian Jewish immigrants; Hungarian was Curtis’ only language until he was five or six, postponing his schooling.

Curtis was married six times. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress Janet Leigh (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years (June 4, 1951 – 1962), and with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. “For a while, we were Hollywood’s golden couple,” he said. “I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet, and on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness started to wear off. I realized that whatever I was, I wasn’t enough for Janet. That hurt me a lot and broke my heart.” It was Leigh’s third marriage. Curtis, who admitted to his infidelity throughout their marriage, divorced Leigh in 1962 to marry Christine Kaufmann, the 17-year-old German co-star of his latest film, Taras Bulba He stated, however, that his marriage with Leigh had effectively ended “a year earlier”. They had two children.

Curtis was also married to:

* Leslie Allen (April 20, 1968 – 1982); divorced, two children
* Andria Savio (1983; 1992); B movie actress (e.g. 1983’s Stryker)
* Lisa Deutsch (February 28, 1993 – 1994); divorced