Richard Widmark

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Tributes

Screen Legend Richard Widmark Dies

Originally posted 03/26/2008 03:50PM

Richard Widmark, who shot to Hollywood stardom and a 40-movie career with his first screen role – as a giggling killer in the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death – has died after a lengthy illness. He was 93.

Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard, said the Midwestern-born actor died at his Roxbury, Conn., home on Monday, the Associated Press reports. No further details were provided.

"It was a big shock, but he was 93," she said.

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