Film actor Cliff Robertson died

The well-known American actor and Acedemy Award winner Cliff Robertson was found dead in his apartment in New York two days ago. His secretary announced that the 88-year-old man died due to natural causes only one day after his 88th birthday.

Robertson and Claire Bloom in a scene from Charly (1968), for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor

Robertson played the young John F Kennedy in the biographical 1963 film "PT-109" and won an Academy Award in 1968 for his performance in "Charly" as a mentally disabled man.
Robertson remained a popular TV and film actor from the mid-1950s onwards. He later found a new generation of fans as Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man movies.

He was married and divorced twice and has two daughters.

R.S.

for further information: The Telegraph (UK)
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