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MADem

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 05:56 PM Apr 2012

'Home Alone' Actor Dies in Santa Monica


SANTA MONICA (KTLA) -- A veteran actor, best known, for playing "old man Marley" in 1990's movie "Home Alone" has died.

Roberts Blossom died of natural causes at the age of 87 in a Santa Monica nursing home.

Blossom starred in numerous Broadway shows, winning three Obie Awards for his work on stage.

His movie credits include "The Hospital," "Slaughterhouse-Five," "The Great Gatsby," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Resurrection," "Doc Hollywood," "The Quick and the Dead," "Always" and "The Last Temptation of Christ."


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ktla-home-alone-actor-roberts-blossom,0,6857719.story?obref=obnetwork
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'Home Alone' Actor Dies in Santa Monica (Original Post) MADem Apr 2012 OP
RIP Mr. Blossom. Javaman Apr 2012 #1
RIP...Roberts Blossom.... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #2
Saw this topic and thought it was Macaulay Culkin. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #3
Nope, but you'd know the old guy if you saw him. MADem Apr 2012 #4
A Fine Character Actor. RIP. (n/t) Paladin Apr 2012 #5
He was great in Christine. Still Blue in PDX Jul 2012 #6
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