Tony Curtis Dead at 85 3.70K Hamilton Nolan 09/30/10 09:02AM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead Obits Tony Curtis Actors Appic Fb tweet Tony Curtis, the Bronx-born actor and onetime heartthrob, star of The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot, and father of Jamie Lee Curtis, has died at the age of 85. His movie career spanned nearly six decades. [NYT]