This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, in for Terry Gross. Today we remember actor William Hurt, who died Sunday at the age of 71.

NEW YORK (AP) — William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s foremost leading men in movies such as “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big ...

On March 13, 2022, Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt passed away at the age of 71, leaving behind a family and incredible body of work that includes some of the most decorated and beloved ...

Today we remember actor William Hurt, who died Sunday at the age of 71. The cause was complications from prostate cancer. With his blond, blue-eyed good looks, he found success as a leading man in the ...

Hurt, who died March 13, won an Oscar for his performance as a drag queen sharing a prison cell with a political dissident in the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman. Originally broadcast in 2010. This ...