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Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia star, dies aged 81
15 December 2013 Last updated at 13:28 ET
Actor Peter O'Toole, who starred in Sir David Lean's 1962 film classic
Lawrence of Arabia, has died aged 81, his agent has said.
He died on Saturday at London's Wellington hospital in London after a long
illness, his agent added, saying he was "one of a kind in the very best
sense and a giant in his field".
The Irish-born star got his big break when Sir David cast him as British
adventurer T E Lawrence.
He received an honorary Oscar in 2003.
Riotous behaviour
He had initially refused to accept the award. In a letter he asked the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to delay it until he was 80,
saying he was "still in the game and might win the bugger outright".
Lawrence of Arabia earned him the first of eight Oscar nominations, with
others coming for such films as Becket, The Lion in Winter and Goodbye, Mr
Chips.
Other performances included leading Shakespearean parts, comic roles in
adaptations of PG Wodehouse and his famed starring role in Keith Waterhouse'
s stage play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
O'Toole also had a reputation for riotous behaviour following bouts of
drinking, but in the mid-70s he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was
warned by medics that more alcohol would prove fatal.
He had yards of his intestinal tubing - "most of my plumbing" - removed and
he gave up drinking.
Last July, he said he was retiring from the stage and screen, at the age of
79.
After a career spanning 50 years O'Toole said: "I bid the profession a dry-
eyed and profoundly grateful farewell.
"The heart for it has gone out of me," he added. "It won't come back".
However, last month it was announced he was being lined up for a role as a
Roman orator in Katherine of Alexandria, a film scheduled for release next
year.
Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia star, dies aged 81
15 December 2013 Last updated at 13:28 ET
Actor Peter O'Toole, who starred in Sir David Lean's 1962 film classic
Lawrence of Arabia, has died aged 81, his agent has said.
He died on Saturday at London's Wellington hospital in London after a long
illness, his agent added, saying he was "one of a kind in the very best
sense and a giant in his field".
The Irish-born star got his big break when Sir David cast him as British
adventurer T E Lawrence.
He received an honorary Oscar in 2003.
Riotous behaviour
He had initially refused to accept the award. In a letter he asked the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to delay it until he was 80,
saying he was "still in the game and might win the bugger outright".
Lawrence of Arabia earned him the first of eight Oscar nominations, with
others coming for such films as Becket, The Lion in Winter and Goodbye, Mr
Chips.
Other performances included leading Shakespearean parts, comic roles in
adaptations of PG Wodehouse and his famed starring role in Keith Waterhouse'
s stage play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
O'Toole also had a reputation for riotous behaviour following bouts of
drinking, but in the mid-70s he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was
warned by medics that more alcohol would prove fatal.
He had yards of his intestinal tubing - "most of my plumbing" - removed and
he gave up drinking.
Last July, he said he was retiring from the stage and screen, at the age of
79.
After a career spanning 50 years O'Toole said: "I bid the profession a dry-
eyed and profoundly grateful farewell.
"The heart for it has gone out of me," he added. "It won't come back".
However, last month it was announced he was being lined up for a role as a
Roman orator in Katherine of Alexandria, a film scheduled for release next
year.
