Actor Tony Curtis has died

Word came over the news wire this morning that famed actor Tony Curtis has died. Immediately word spread like wildfire across the Twitter landscape as folks young and old mourned his loss, offering their hopes for a great afterlife to a man who brought joy to so many for so long...


@BreakingNews Actor Tony Curtis has died, daughter Jamie Lee Curtis' representative tells Entertainment Tonight http://bit.ly/bJdKGx

@Wossy Very sad to hear the great Tony Curtis has left the room. Grew up loving him in The Persuaders. Great actor, proper movie STAR. Sleep well.

@Lizette6020 LAS VEGAS - Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected act... http://tinyurl.com/2ade5d8

@ddwebster RIP RT @MarianCutler: Cool & hip w/major swagger. Life & time of Tony Curtis...actor, painter http://su.pr/16l2p2 RT @TheAtlantic @LIFE

@holymoly RIP Tony Curtis. Proper old school Hollywood.

@calvinharris RIP Tony Curtis, the man was the definition of the word legend

@MissEAugust RIP Tony Curtis!!! 85yrs old Great age to go EH!!! Tony Loved every moment!! XXXXXXXX

@willclarkeinoz Very sad day. Hollywood looses one of its greatest and brightest stars. "Nobody's perfect" - RIP Tony Curtis.

@JonathanJRhodes 'Some Like It Hot' - so brilliantly acted that most people remember it in colour - which it wasn't! RIP Tony Curtis

@azkellie Mornin Fam. RIP Tony Curtis. Damn u death and your 3s :(

@KymmyHoff RIP Tony Curtis. What a fine man.

@BBCEntsTeam RIP to Tony Curtis. We love that he used to enjoy people bellowing "I Am Spartacus!" at him in airports. http://bit.ly/bSBOYA

@ralphmacchio Spent few days shooting a film w/Tony Curtis. Some of the greatest stories he shared w/me. Iconic experience. Was my privilege. RIP

@hilsofhove RIP Tony Curtis the real end of an era.