George kennedy actor alive or dead 2018

George Kennedy died at age 90, but lived a successful Hollywood life, staring in many films and winning an Oscar for best supporting actor before his demise.

George Kennedy, a world war II veteran, was 90 when he died of natural causes in 2016, but left a legacy through his well-loved movies, including “Cool Hand Luke” where he bagged an Oscar award for best-supporting actor.

In 1967, Kennedy’s fame heightened as he starred in “Cool Hand Luke” where he co-stared with Paul Newman.

The New York Times described him as a “powerfully obsessive as the top-dog who handles things his way as effectively and finally as destructively as does the warden or the guards.”

“The marvelous thing about that movie,” Kennedy recalled in an interview, “was that as my part progresses, I changed from a bad guy to a good guy.

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