Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, star of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Body Heat, has died aged 71.

Deadline reported an announcement by Hurt’s son Will: “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes.” Variety said that a family friend confirmed the news.

Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1986 for Kiss of the Spider Woman, in which he had played a gay man who shares a cell with a with a political prisoner in Brazil. He received further Oscar nominations for best actor for Children of a Lesser God and Broadcast News, and for best supporting actor for A History of Violence.

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