Oscar-winner George Kennedy dies at 91

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"Naked Gun" and "Cool Hand Luke" star George Kennedy passed away Sunday at his home in Boise, Idaho, his son Cory Schenkel confirmed. Kennedy was 91.



Best remembered as a tough-guy character actor in westerns and disaster films, Kennedy won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "Cool Hand Luke" opposite Paul Newman in 1968.

Other notable film appearances included "Charade," "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot," "the Eiger Sanction," "Airport 1975," "Earthquake" and the comic "Naked Gun" films alongside Leslie Nielsen. His final film role was opposite Mark Wahlberg in 2014's "The Gambler."

"Movies have been my favorite entertainment," Kennedy said in a 2013 interview with CBS affiliate KBOI. "And for me to have ended up in that business is perhaps the most fortunate thing to ever happen to me."