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Dan Berger
Jul 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/1/00
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Walter Matthau, the foghorn-voiced movie villain who
became a master of crotchety comedy with his Oscar-winning "The Fortune
Cookie,'' followed by "The Odd Couple'' and "Grumpy Old Men,'' died Saturday
of a heart attack. He was 79.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Walter Matthau, the foghorn-voiced movie villain who
became a master of crotchety comedy with his Oscar-winning "The Fortune
Cookie,'' followed by "The Odd Couple'' and "Grumpy Old Men,'' died Saturday
of a heart attack. He was 79.
Matthau was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m. at St. John's Health Center in
Santa Monica, said hospital spokeswoman Lindi Funston.
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Dan Berger
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Jul 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/1/00
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Off-topic but newsworthy nonetheless, and very sad. Thanks for posting it.
>Matthau was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m. at St. John's Health Center in
>Santa Monica
The same facility where Johnny Olson spent his final days.
Shawn Wilsie
Jul 2, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/2/00
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"Dan Berger" <geekm...@pinenet.com> wrote in message
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> SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Walter Matthau, the foghorn-voiced movie villain
who
> became a master of crotchety comedy with his Oscar-winning "The Fortune
> Cookie,'' followed by "The Odd Couple'' and "Grumpy Old Men,'' died
Saturday
> of a heart attack. He was 79.
I met him in 1992 while he was filming the first "Grumpy" in Minneapolis and
you have never met a nicer Actor. He will be missed
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