George Kennedy, an American actor who won an Academy Award for playing a hulking chain gang convict who pummels Paul Newman in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke and later earned laughs in the Naked Gun films, has died, media outlets reported on February 29. He was 91.
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, citing a Facebook post made by Kennedy's grandson, said the actor died early on Sunday in Boise, Idaho.
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