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11-11-2006, 12:46 PM
LOS ANGELES -- For most of his Hollywood career, Jack Palance played memorable tough guys in films such as "Shane" and "Sudden Fear," but it wasn't until he was in his 70s that he won an Oscar for his comedic self-parody in "City Slickers."
Palance endeared himself to viewers of the 1992 Academy Awards when he accepted his Oscar for best supporting actor by dropping to the stage and performing one-armed push-ups.
Billy Crystal, his "City Slickers" co-star and that year's Oscar host, turned the moment into a running joke, making increasingly outlandish remarks about Palance's physical prowess throughout the show.
Palance died Friday of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. He was 87.
"I am deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of my dear friend Jack Palance, a true movie icon," Crystal said in a statement. "Winning the Oscar for that movie and the one-arm push-ups he did on the show will link us together forever, and for that I am grateful."
The push-ups not only created a magic Oscar moment, but also epitomized the actor's 40 years in films. Always the iconoclast, Palance had scorned most of his movie roles.
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Jack was always one of my favorites
RIP
Palance endeared himself to viewers of the 1992 Academy Awards when he accepted his Oscar for best supporting actor by dropping to the stage and performing one-armed push-ups.
Billy Crystal, his "City Slickers" co-star and that year's Oscar host, turned the moment into a running joke, making increasingly outlandish remarks about Palance's physical prowess throughout the show.
Palance died Friday of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. He was 87.
"I am deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of my dear friend Jack Palance, a true movie icon," Crystal said in a statement. "Winning the Oscar for that movie and the one-arm push-ups he did on the show will link us together forever, and for that I am grateful."
The push-ups not only created a magic Oscar moment, but also epitomized the actor's 40 years in films. Always the iconoclast, Palance had scorned most of his movie roles.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111100299.html
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/11/BAGETMANRU1.DTL
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/la-me-palance11nov11,0,7121767.story?coll=orl-home-entlife
http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes-77/CitySlickers30.jpeg
http://www.wildestwesterns.com/images/issue_7_images/jack_palance.jpg
Jack was always one of my favorites
RIP