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TONY CURTIS DEAD AT 85


Film legend Tony Curtis, who died Wednesday at age 85, is shown at a 1967 fundraiser at the Bonanza Hotel for Hadassa, a women's civic organization. Curtis was a Las Vegas regular and spent the last 10 years of his life living here. (Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)

Film legend Tony Curtis died Wednesday at age 85 in Las Vegas. In this Nov. 2, 1967 photo, he is shown in a scene from "Hollywood Palace" at Caesars Palace. Curtis also played casino boss Roth in "Vega$," the TV series that starred Robert Urich and ran from 1978 to 1981. (Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)

Tony Curtis and his wife, Jill, on the red carpet at a Keep Memory Alive gala in Las Vegas. (Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)

Tony Curtis snaps photos of his wife, Janet Leigh, and Sands entertainment director Jack Entratter by the Sands Hotel pool in Las Vegas circa 1953. (Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)

The Caesars Palace marquee features Tony Curtis in "Hollywood Palace" on Nov. 2, 1967. (Photo courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)
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