William Hurt, star of 'Broadcast News,' 'Body Heat,' dies

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JAKE COYLE

NEW YORK (AP) — William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71.

Hurt’s son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. He said Hurt died peacefully, among family. Deadline first reported Hurt’s death.

In a long-running career, Hurt was three times nominated for an Academy Award, winning for 1985′s “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” After his screen debut in 1980’s Paddy Chayefsky-scripted “Altered States” as a psychopathologist studying schizophrenia and experimenting with sensory deprivation, Hurt quickly emerged as one of the 1980s foremost leading men.

In Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 steamy neo noir “Body Heat,” Hurt starred alongside Kathleen Turner. In 1983’s “The Big Chill,” again with Kasdan, Hurt played the Vietnam War veteran Nick Carlton, one of a group of college pals who gather for their friend’s funeral.



FILE - William Hurt, a cast member in the Amazon series "Goliath," poses for a portrait during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Hurt's son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday, March 13, 2022 of natural causes. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)


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Prostate cancer problems in the past.

[mahina]

1. Way too young. Broadcast news! Children of a lesser God!

May his memory be a blessing. Aloha pau’ole.

[Phoenix61]

2. Damn. nt

[luv2fly]

3. RIP Mr. Hurt

I worked in a movie theater in the early '80s when Body Heat came out and he and Kathleen Turner were quite the steamy affair. Always enjoyed his movies after that, including his role in Goliath. Rest in peace guy.

[chowder66]

4. Oh MAN! I had a major crush on him and loved his films.

I really liked him in Gorky Park. This is so sad.

[MyMission]

5. I had a minor crush on him

He always reminded me of the love of my life, who's name is also Will.

Gone too soon, his films will live on.

[FM123]

6. Oh no.

He was a great actor, one of my favs.

[IrishEyes]

7. I liked him in The Accidental Tourist.

[OnlinePoker]

9. Odd that they never even referenced it in the article.

It was one of his more famous roles in the 80's.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. I became a fan of his after watching Altered States. n/t

[Warpy]

10. I can't recall a boring performance from him, let alone a bad one.

He was good at what he did, putting his characters in the forefront and himself in the background.

Damn, "natural causes?" He was younger than I am, aren't we still supposed to be dying off from stupidity instead of nature?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Wow.

I remember his performance in "Altered States" became iconic and oft-mimicked.

HUGE R.I.P. and condolences to his family.

[mentalsolstice]

12. I read somewhere it was prostate cancer.

Yep, these days 71 is way too young to die of natural causes.

He was one of my favorite actors. The Big Chill is probably in my top 5-10 favorite movies.

[Kaleva]

17. The Big Chill I'd s movie that will stick with me slways

I watched it in a movie theater in Philadelphia when I was stationed there while serving in the Navy.

I haven't watched it again , it's been close to 40 years now, but it's a movie I always recall seeing.

[ffr]

13. There is no God. If he takes someone early like William Hurt, but leaves us with Mitch and Donald.

You might was well all send us to Hell, because it's already just like that!

[BigmanPigman]

14. Damn, I love his films. Way too young.

[Upthevibe]

15. I have to say I'm completely stunned regarding his passing....

71 is way too young to be "natural causes."

I read in one of the posts here that someone thought it was Cancer. Normally, when that's the case, it's mentioned in the article.

I'm just really taken aback. He was amazing in every movie I saw him in....

What a bummer....

[nvme]

16. I LOVED HIS WORK

[Jimbo S]

18. Watched "The Big Chill"

For the first time a couple of years ago. I'm 56 years old. Mesmerized to the point I went back and watched "director's cut". Great film.

[AngryOldDem]

21. It is.

He was great in that. (As was Kevin Costner…)

[CrispyQ]

19. "We kill him. We make it fun, but we kill him." Marshall in Mr. Brooks

One of the best movie lines, ever! He was an excellent actor.

RIP Mr. Hurt

[Farmer-Rick]

20. Weird, what is natural causes really?

Natural causes is such a vague term. Are they trying to say it is not COVID? But death from most anything can be considered natural causes.

Well, I wish the best for his suffering family and will remember him with much respect.

[AngryOldDem]

22. He did have prostate cancer, in 2018, I think.

But really, if the family doesn’t want to disclose more than that, they should be respected.

[Paladin]

23. "Body Heat" remains my favorite William Hurt movie.

Any flick that relies on a 1968 high school yearbook and the rule against perpetuities as plot devices earns my devotion.

Not to mention one of the great lines in cinematic history. ["You're not very smart, are you? I like that in a man."]

[Faux pas]

24. ...

I thought he was older than me.