William Hurt, <br />Academy Award-Winning Actor, , Dead at 71.<br />William Hurt's son, Will, announced the death of his father on March 13.<br />It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his <br />72nd birthday, Will Hurt, Son of William Hurt, via TMZ.<br />He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes. The family requests privacy at this time, Will Hurt, Son of William Hurt, via TMZ.<br />Hurt's extraordinary career spanned more than four decades.<br />The Juilliard trained actor maintained a leading-man status in Hollywood throughout the 1980s.<br />But Hurt was well known for his immense range of characters.<br />He won the Best Actor Oscar for <br />his 1985 performance of a gay <br />man sharing a South American prison <br />cell in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman.'.<br />In his later career, Hurt accepted a number of smaller roles that indicated his openness to his shifting star-power. .<br />I don’t have to be the star, physically. My greatest offering is my concept. It isn’t my face, William Hurt, Interview, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Hurt was also a well known presence on television.<br />appearing on the FX show 'Damages' and in a number of television films.<br />In addition to Hurt's prolific film and television career, he was also well known for his theater work on Broadway.<br />He once quipped that “theater is a language I speak better or am more tuned into than English.”.<br />Hurt is survived by his four children
