Actor Peter O'Toole died Saturday, who starred in the famous
film Clarence, Lawrence of Arabia, and so at the age of 81 years, according to
what was confirmed by his rep Steve Keynes.
Keynes said that O'Toole's death was a natural death in the
hospital.
And O'Toole has gotten eight international awards in his
career about the roles carried out by the beginning of the film Lawrence of
Arabia in 1962, but he was unable to win an Academy Award.
In the first official reaction, the Irish president Michael
Higings said: “Ireland lost in particular and the world in general one of the
giants of cinema and theater."
O'Toole has suffered in some periods of his life from
alcoholism, but returned to acting in the last stages of his life.
His rep said that O'Toole died on Saturday in Wellington
Hospital in London after a long illness.
The agent said Steve Keynes "he was a giant in his field
and irreplaceable talent."
Peter O'Toole began his artistic career in Bristol and
London when he was at the age of 17, and got his big break when he assigned the
great director David Lean has the role of Lawrence of Arabia in 1962.
Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Oscar for films Lawrence
of Arabia and Becket, and the lion in winter and goodbye Mr. Chips.
The discretionary Oscar was given to him in 2003.
O'Toole had initially refused to receive the award, saying
he still represents preferably a well-deserved win.
Peter O'Toole hero movie "Lawrence of Arabia"
(1962) Announced retiring of acting at the age of seventy-ninth.
He said in a statement carried by the American magazine
"People" "it is time to pause and stay away from the movie and
theater. No longer feel excited to do it."
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