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Article: BEN JOHNSON, EX-COWBOY, OSCAR WINNER.(NEWS)(Obituary)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- April 9, 1996
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Byline: Associated Press
Ben Johnson, a champion rodeo performer who appeared in numerous Westerns and won a best supporting actor Oscar for the 1971 film ``The Last Picture Show,'' died Monday of an apparent heart attack.
Johnson, 77, collapsed while visiting his mother at Leisure World in Mesa, the suburban Phoenix retirement community where they both lived.
``He asked a lady to fix him some breakfast and he went into the bathroom and that's where he collapsed,'' said Buster Brown, an assistant to Johnson. He was pronounced dead at Valley Lutheran Hospital.
Johnson won his Academy Award for his supporting role as Sam the Lion, the ...