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Article: Oscar-winner Jose Ferrer is dead at 80
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 27, 1992
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MIAMI Jose Ferrer, 80, the stage and screen actor who won an
Academy Award in 1950 for his role as Cyrano de Bergerac, died Sunday
after a brief illness.
Mr. Ferrer, who made his reputation as a classical actor with
his 1946 Broadway triumph in the title role of Cyrano, died at
Doctors' Hospital in suburban Coral Gables, said his fourth wife,
Stella.
The cause of death was not disclosed.
"I shared the most important part of my life with him, and I
will miss him very much," said Rosemary Clooney, who was married to
him from 1953 to 1967.
During a theater career that spanned more than 50 years, Mr.
Ferrer won two Tony Awards for acting - in "Cyrano de Bergerac" in
1947 and "The ...