‘Men in Black’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Mike Nussbaum dead at 99
nypost.comaccording to the Associated Press.Nussbaum died of natural causes in his Chicago home, just six days shy of his 100th birthday, according to his daughter, Karen. “He was a good father and a good man who raised us to care about other people and respect other people and care about justice,” Karen told the AP.
A stage and screen actor and director, Nussbaum received a lifetime achievement award from the League of Chicago Theaters in 2019.
At the time, he was proclaimed to be the oldest working member of Actors’ Equity. Born as Myron Nussbaum in 1923, Nussbaum grew up in Chicago.
During World War II, he served as a teletype operator under former President (and then-General) Dwight Eisenhower. Nussbaum didn’t get into acting until he was in his 40s – before that, he worked in his family’s exterminating business.
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