From Fox News:
Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star
known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor
Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955,
died Sunday. He was 95.
His longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that
Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his
wife and children at his side.
Borgnine, who endeared himself to a generation of Baby Boomers with
the 1960s TV comedy "McHale's Navy," first attracted notice in the early
1950s in villain roles, notably as the vicious Fatso Judson, who beat
Frank Sinatra to death in "From Here to Eternity."
I enjoyed him when he was in the Dirty Dozen and in an episode of Home Improvement.
I also remember seeing him play a clown in Milwaukee's circus parade, many years ago.
While he was known for his roles in the big and little screens,
through the years he became one of Milwaukee's favorite sons for his
faithful and repeated performances at the city's Great Circus Parade,
known for its pageantry and colorful wagons brought from the Circus
World Museum in Baraboo.
"He was a wonderful ambassador for Milwaukee," Great Circus Parade
Co-Chair Bill Fox said Sunday. "He brought star status to the parade. He
was the first celebrity we ever used, and he was terribly loyal to the
parade."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/ernie-32622rv-161738365.html
Borgnine was still working this year, so his career spanned 62 years.
Thanks for the memories, Ernest.
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