Death of Peter O'Toole

August 2, 1932 - December 14, 2013
London, England | Age 81

'Lawrence of Arabia' star dead at 81
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JILL LAWLESS, The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — World leaders, film critics and Hollywood stars remembered Peter O'Toole on Monday as an actor of towering talent, blue-eyed Irish charm and unfettered hell-raising — an icon of a vanished, less strait-laced era of filmmaking.

"There won't be any more like that, will there?" said 73-year-old actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in several "Harry Potter" films.

O'Toole, the 81-year-old star of "Lawrence of...

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