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Charles Grodin dies at age 86

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Actor Charles Grodin, the star of comedy hits Midnight Run and The Heartbreak Kid, has died at the age of 86. Grodin, who passed away on Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, had been suffering from bone marrow cancer, his son Nicholas told The New York Times.

The acting legend famously turned down the title role in The Graduate, a part that made Dustin Hoffman a star, but his own career took off with a lead role in Elaine May's 1972 comedy The Heartbreak Kid.

Other notable early roles included playing a doctor in 1968's Rosemary's Baby and in Mike Nichols's 1970 war comedy Catch-22.

In 1975, he originated the role of George in Same Time, Next Year opposite Ellen Burstyn - the hit play which ran on Broadway for three years.

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