|
|
Article: Guinness among Britain's greatest actors
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2000 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Guinness among Britain's greatest actors
His 66-year career included movies as different as `River Kwai'
and `Star Wars'
By AUDREY WOODS
Associated Press
Monday, August 7, 2000
London -- Actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose roles in a 66-year career
ranged from Hamlet to Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars," has died, a
hospital spokeswoman said early today. He was 86.
Guinness became ill at his home near Petersfield in southern
England and was taken by ambulance to King Edward VII Hospital, where
he died Saturday, said hospital spokeswoman Jenny Masding.
Some newspapers reported that Guinness died from liver cancer, but
the hospital would not confirm the cause of death.
Guinness was one of the last ...