Claydon
02-07-2009, 12:48 PM
LOS ANGELES - James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday, his son said. He was 87.
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving and died Friday afternoon at his Malibu home, Steve Whitmore said.
“My father believed that family came before everything, that work was just a vehicle in which to provide for your family,” said Whitmore, who works as spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “At the end, and in the last two and a half months of his life, he was surrounded by his family.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060821/
You may all know him as the old prisoner with the crow in the Shawshank Redemption.
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving and died Friday afternoon at his Malibu home, Steve Whitmore said.
“My father believed that family came before everything, that work was just a vehicle in which to provide for your family,” said Whitmore, who works as spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “At the end, and in the last two and a half months of his life, he was surrounded by his family.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29060821/
You may all know him as the old prisoner with the crow in the Shawshank Redemption.