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- NAME: George C. Scott
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: October 18, 1927
- DEATH DATE: September 22, 1999
- EDUCATION: University of Missouri
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Wise, Virginia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Westlake Village, California
- Full Name: George Campbell Scott
- AKA: George C. Scott
- AKA: George Scott
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American actor George C. Scott starred in films and on Broadway during his 40-year career. In 1970, he won an Oscar for his portrayal of George S. Patton.
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He also appeared in television remakes of the films 12 Angry Men (1997) and Inherit the Wind (1999).
In the mid-1990s, however, the actor's health began to fade. In April 1996, he walked off the stage in the middle of a Broadway performance of Inherit the Wind. One month later, news reports revealed that Scott had been suffering from an aortic aneurysm. Three years later, on September 22, 1999, the actor died in Westlake Village, California,
when the aneurysm ruptured. He was reportedly working on his memoirs at the time.
Personal Life
George C. Scott left behind his wife, actress Trish Van Devere, whom he starred alongside in the 1980 film The Changeling, as well as five children. He had daughter Victoria with his first wife, Carolyn Hughes; son Matthew and daughter Devon Scott with his second wife, Patricia Reed; and sons Alexander and Campbell, an actor, from his marriage to Colleen Dewhurst.
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