Death:Death by Disease 6 February 2009 (Lung cancer, age 87) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American actor on stage and film who is best known for his stage impersonations of famous people. His work includes "Command Decision," a play that earned him a Tony Award in 1947, "Will Rogers, USA," 1973 and the films "Black Like Me," 1962 and "Give Em Hell, Harry" (film and play), 1974. In addition to the some 40 films that he did in his lifetime, he also was in three TV series. As a young man he attended Yale and served in WW II, first entering acting "as a lark." After 25 years of marriage and three sons, he married a second time in 1972 (divorced 1979). He later married two more times. During his extensive career, Whitmore won a Tony, Grammy, Golden Globe, and an Emmy, and was nominated for two Academy Awards. He is one of only twenty performers to win three of the four EGOT honors. Whitmore was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2008, from which he died at the age of 87 on February 6, 2009, at his Malibu, California home. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less