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The theater community will honor Jack Klugman and Charles Durning by dimming Broadway's lights in back-to-back memorials.
What a couple of mugs, sporting less-than-perfect physiques in the bargain. But was there anything lovelier than Jack Klugman or Charles Durning doing what they did for an audience?
Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge.
Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge.
What a couple of mugs, sporting less-than-perfect physiques in the bargain.
The two-time Oscar nominee who was dubbed the king of the character actors has died in New York. Charles Durning was 89.
With five very different actors teaming up for a play on Broadway about friendly rivalries, the discussion around a restaurant table naturally turns ruthless: Exactly who in the group is the weakest link?
"They're going to carry me out, if I go," he said.
Nation Briefs: Charles Durning, noted actor, dies in NYC at 89 →
"Too many bad memories," he told an interviewer in 1997. "I don't want you to see me crying."
