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City Slicker Jack Palance Dies at 87November 10th, 2006Los Angeles, CA - Jack Palance, the Oscar-winning actor in "City Slickers," died Friday at age 87. 
Palance is said to have died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, California. In 1947, Palance made his Broadway debut, followed three years later by his screen debut, in the movie Panic in the Streets (1950). He was quickly recognized for his skill as a character actor, receiving an Academy Award nomination for only his third film role, as Lester Blaine in Sudden Fear. Four decades after his film debut, Palance finally won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on March 30, 1992, for his performance as cowboy Curly Washburn in the 1991 comedy City Slickers. © AlaskaReport News |
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