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Funeral held for Tony Curtis in Las Vegas

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Actor Tony Curtis, best known as a musician who dressed as a woman in the comedy "Some Like It Hot," died September 29, 2010 in his Nevada home at age 85, a family spokesman said. Curtis is pictured at the Turner Broadcasting Television Critics Association party in Beverly Hills, California on July 11, 2008. UPI/Jim Ruymen/file photo 
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Published: Oct. 4, 2010 at 10:51 PM

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actress Jamie Lee Curtis were among those who spoke at Tony Curtis' Las Vegas funeral Monday.

The star of more than 150 films -- including "Spartacus," "The Defiant Ones," "Some Like it Hot" and "Operation Petticoat" -- Tony Curtis died of cardiac arrest Sept. 29 at age 85.

People.com said the memorial was held at Palm Mortuary where video clips from his movies were shown and paintings he created were on display.

"We are all evidence of him," CNN quoted Jamie Lee Curtis, the actor's daughter, as saying of their family. "We all got something from him. I, of course, got his desperate need for attention."

"I mean, who has the guts to take off their clothes at the age of 80?" CNN reported Schwarzenegger said, referring to a nude Vanity Fair photo layout Curtis did in 2005.

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Curtis
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