Death of James Farentino

February 24, 1938 - January 24, 2012
Los Angeles, California | Age 63

Television and movie actor dies of heart failure at 73
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The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor James Farentino, who appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital, according to a family spokesman. He was 73.

Farentino died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital after a long illness, said the spokesman, Bob Palmer.

Farentino starred alongside Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen in the 1980 science fiction film "The Final Countdown." The movie featured a modern aircraft...

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