http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020327/ap_on_re_us/obit_moore_6&cid=514 LOS ANGELES - Actor Dudley Moore, an unlikely Hollywood heart-throb in "10" and "Arthur" as a cuddly pipsqueak whose charm melted female hearts, died Wednesday at his home in New Jersey, a spokeswoman said. He was 66. Moore died at 11 a.m. EST, said publicist Michelle Bega in Los Angeles. He died of pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear palsy, she said. There was more than a touch of autobiography in "10," in which Moore played a musician determined to marry a perfect woman, but the happy ending eluded him in real life. Four marriages ended in divorce. He confessed to being driven by feelings of inferiority about his working-class origins in Dagenham, east London, and because of his height of five feet, 2 1/2 inches. In later life he also spoke of the pain of being rejected by his mother because he was born with a deformed left foot. Comedians, he said in an interview with Newsday in 1980, are often driven by such feelings. "I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height.... I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic." I guess I will have to edit my top 5 living actors list now. CK
R.I.P. lil Dudley Moore he was a nut in Foul Play with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn. loved him in Arthur and "10"
Damn that sucks. I loved that guy....especially in his better days on the piano and in acting. It truly is a sad day. Rest in peace.
Such a sad demise. I loved the way they characterized his relationship with Gielgud in "Arthur." RIP... Dudley.
Dudley did a great music series wth Sir George Stolti on Showtime a few years ago. He was great musician, as well as comedian. His work with Peter Cook in the '60's was some of the funniest stuff ever. He will be missed.
