Hollywood was in mourning this morning as news filtered through that legend of the silver screen, Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85.
Curtis, revered as a Hollywood icon for his roles in such movies as 'Some Like It Hot' and 'The Boston Strangler' once famously remarked that kissing screen goddess Marilyn Monroe was like "Kissing Hitler."
Almost as famous for his dalliances with his leading women as he was for his acting skills, Curtis and Janet Leigh (Marion Crane in the infamous Psycho shower scene) were the parents of so-called scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis.
Perhaps less well known, and probably better forgotten was Curtis's role alongside Roger Moore in Brit TV series 'The Persuaders' (Or was it The Protectors? Nah, it was definitely The Persuaders.)
We don't really care either way here at Skoob Entertainment News, because whichever way you look at it we kind of liked Tony Curtis.
Especially as he got increasingly eccentric with advancing age, and got seriously into painting and taking the piss out of TV interviewers.
At SEN, we love eccentrics, and they didn't come much more eccentric than Tony Curtis. Top Spoof writer Colonel Juan expressed deep sadness at Curtis's passing and asked SEN to extend his sympathies, saying:
"Anyone who can hold his own alongside Jack Lemmon is a damned fine actor in my book."
And he should know - what he doesn't know about Thespianism you could write on the back of a postage stamp with a big marker pen.
RIP Tony.
1925-2010
