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BEVERLY HILLS On January 23, Ohio native and actor Hal Holbrook died at age 95 in his Beverly Hills home. His death was confirmed by his assistant, Joyce Cohen.
Holbrook was best known for his role as Mark Twain in “Mark Twain Tonight!,” a one-man show. The first performance took place in 1954 when Holbrook was 29. The show did so well CBS aired it again on March 6, 1967. An estimated 30 million people watched. Holbrook received acclaim and recognition as he continued to play Twain for more than six decades. His performance as Mark Twain won him a Tony award and influenced the first of his 12 Emmy Award nominations in 1967.
WWII Vet Hal Holbrook, Known for Accurate Portrayal of Mark Twain, Dies at 95
FILE - Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)
2 Feb 2021 The Los Angeles Times | By Dennis McLellan
Hal Holbrook, the World War II Army veteran best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95.
Holbrook’s former wife Carol Rossen confirmed his death. The New York Times said he died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
Actor Hal Holbrook, known for portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Hal Holbrook at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, March 16, 2015. The actor has died, his family announced. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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By Dennis McLellan, the Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95.
Holbrook’s former wife Carol Rossen confirmed his death. The New York Times said he died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
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Star of the stage, television and big screen Hal Holbrook has died at the age of 95, after a glittering career which spanned more than six decades, and saw him pick up plenty of awards
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Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95.
Holbrook s former wife Carol Rossen confirmed his death. The New York Times said he died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
Holbrook s Tony Award-winning Twain re-creation on Broadway in 1966 was part of an acting career that spanned stage, movies and television. He first encountered Twain when he portrayed the legendary author and humorist in a two-person sketch that was part of a multicharacter revue Holbrook and his first wife took on a high school assembly tour of the Southwest in the late 1940s.