Tony Curtis Dead at Age 85

Actor and old-school Hollywood icon Tony Curtis has died at his home near Las Vegas.

Tony Curtis served in the Navy in World War II (he was in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrender was signed) and then worked his way up through the old Hollywood studio system. He acted with everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Cary Grant to Laurence Olivier -- well over 100 movies in all.

Tony Curtis died "peacefully in bed laying next to his wife in their home in Henderson, Nevada," according to ABC News.  The coroner blames heart failure. Curtis had celebrated his 85th birthday earlier this year. 

We have a lot of great photos of Tony Curtis, courtesy of our friends at WENN, including this very Hollywoodish shot of Curtis as Houdini.  See the whole batch.