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Actor, Ben Gazzara, was born Biagio Anthony Gazzara on Aug 28, 1930 in New York City, NY. Gazzara died at the age of 81 on Feb 3, 2012 in New York City, NY .

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By Marisa on Feb 3, 2012 From The Timothy Carey Experience

I am riding a serious bummer over the news of the death earlier today of . A little voice had told me to post a pic from Convicts 4 this morning; so glad that I did. Here are a few more pics of Gazzara with Timothy, from that film and also The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).? Rest wel... Read full article


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Ben Gazzara Quotes:

Grace Caldwell: All right, you win. You get your dull little story off your big manly chest, but you make it fast, huh?
Roger Bannon: Right.
[pause]
Roger Bannon: From the first time I saw you -- and that was five years ago, when I worked for Lanigan and Doyle -- I haven't been able to stop looking. Not that I wanted to stop. Looking at you became one of the big pleasures of my life. Maybe the biggest. It got so I had you memorized. But I didn't realize that until I was overseas for a while. Then, all the other things began to get hazy. But I could close my eyes and see you just as clear. Not only your face -- everything. Even the way the back of your legs look when you walk away. And all that time, I've been wanting you. And I guess I'll probably go on wanting you until they shovel me into the ground. Here's your keys.


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Ben Gazzara Facts
Died on the anniversary of the death of his close friend, John Cassavetes, on February 3, 2012.

Claimed that of all of the movies in which he has ever appeared in, Road House (1989) is the most frequently repeated on television.

Diagnosed with throat cancer in 1999. He lost more than 40 pounds during treatment.

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