Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies, aged 85
Actor Tony Curtis, who was best known for his role in the movie Some Like it Hot, has died, aged 85.
US TV network ABC News quoted the star's business manager and family spokesman Preston Ahearn, who said the Oscar-nominated actor passed away last night peacefully in bed next to his wife in their home in Henderson, Nevada.
He received an oscar nomination for The Defiant Ones, in which he starred with Sidney Poitier, in 1959.
He also starred in Trapeze, Spartacus and 1970s crime TV series The Persuaders, with Roger Moore.
He was married six times, including to Psycho star Janet Leigh, with whom he had daughter Jamie Lee Curtis.
