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Actor Charles Grodin Dies at 86 Following Cancer Battle Celebrity The actor known for comedy movies like 'Midnight Run' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' has passed away at the age of 86 after struggling with bone marrow cancer. May 19, 2021 Midnight Run", " The Heartbreak Kid", and the Beethoven family films, has died at the age of 86. According to his son Nicholas, the star had been battling bone marrow cancer. He died on Tuesday (18May21), at his home in Wilton, Connecticut. Grodin famously turned down the title role in " The Graduate", a part that went on to make Dustin Hoffman a star, but his ...

Charles Grodin, one of cinema’s most-accomplished comic actors — and most-beloved curmudgeons — has passed away at the age of 86. A collaborator of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, Neil Simon and Buck Henry and the neurotic scene partner of Robert DeNiro in “Midnight Run,” Grodin’s career spanned six decades, and left its mark on classics of ’70s comedy — and even the odd shaggy, slobbering dog story. Born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Pittsburgh, Grodin studied acting with Lee Stasberg and Uta Hagen (While in classes, he questioned, to Hagen’s chag...

Jake Coyle FILE - Charles Grodin attends the Ripple of Hope Awards in New York on Dec. 11, 2013. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) May 18, 2021 - 3:38 PM Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in “The Heartbreak Kid” and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s co...

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Charles Grodin: Comedy Legend and Beloved Actor has passed away May 18, 2021 by: Midnight Run with Robert DeNiro, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, the 1976 version of King Kong, Dave. Some of you may even recognize him from the Beethoven franchise or his cult classic opposite Martin Short, Clifford. The New York Times that his father dies of complications from bone marrow cancer. In a career that spanned stage, screen, and even an infamous stint as a talk show host, Grodin won awards all over the spectrum. He got his big-screen debut playing an unwitting obstetrician named Dr. Hill in...