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Actor Ben Gazzara has died aged 81 in New York

New York City : NY : USA | Feb 05, 2012 at 11:09 AM PST

By Abdel Fattah Hussein

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Actor Ben Gazzara has died aged 81 in New York, where he lived. The actor hadpancreatic cancer. Gazzara worked in theater, having received three Tony Award nominations. On stage, stood out in the first production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1955.

In the film, worked with director John Cassavetes, who was also a personal friend, in films like "The Husbands" (1970), "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" (1976) and "If It's Tuesday,This Must Be Belgium" (1969).

In recent decades, acted in films like "Paris, I Love You" (2006), "The Big Lebowski"(1998) and "Thomas Crown Affair - The Art of Crime" (1999) and worked with great directors such as Spike Lee ("summer of Sam ") and Lars von Trier (" Dogville ").

Gazzara was married three times, but his most famous case was his relationship with Audrey Hepburn, who appeared opposite in two films, "The Heiress" (1979) and "Too Much Joy and Laughter" (1981). He was married since 1982 with model Elke Krivat.

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Ben Gazzara's lawyer told the Times that the actor died on Friday at a Manhattan hospital

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