Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine, star of stage, film and TV, died Sunday at age 95. The Hollywood Reporter lists the cause of death as renal failure.
Borgnine, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, came to acting later in life. Early in his film career, Borgnine generally played bad guys, most notably as the brutal sergeant in From Here to Eternity. Things changed, however, when Borgnine won the Academy Award as Best Actor for his sensitive portrayal of the title role in the 1955 drama Marty.
IGN readers may best know Borgnine from the many genre films he made over his six decade-long career. His screen credits include The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen, The Poseidon Adventure, Bad Day at Black Rock, Escape From New York, Ice Station Zebra, The Black Hole, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Vikings, Convoy, Willard, Gattaca, BASEketball, and, more recently, Red.
On TV, Borgnine played the lead role in the classic sitcom McHale's Navy and later co-starred in Airwolf and The Single Guy. Younger readers will know him as the voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob Squarepants. He was nominated for an Emmy for his appearance on ER.
Borgnine once quipped when asked about the secret to long life that he masturbated every day. Take that, diet and exercise.
Source : ign[dot]com
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