LONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British
actor known for his roles in "The Full Monty," "Michael Clayton"
and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," has died.

A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said
Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn’t provide
further details.

Wilkinson was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for
his work in 2001’s family drama "In The Bedroom" in 2001 and
in the best supporting actor category for his role in "Michael
Clayton," a 2007 film that starred George Clooney.

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Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm, the head of Germany’s Reserve Army.

   
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is 69 years old today.    
    

    
 With a career spanning over four decades, actor Washington
has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award,
two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two
Silver Bears.

He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and in
2020 The New York Times named him the greatest actor of
the 21st century. In 2022, Washington received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.

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Denzel Washington holds his Oscar after winning
the award for best actor in a leading role for his
portrayal of Alonzo, a narcotics officer who has
crossed the dangerous line between cop and
criminal, in the movie "Training Day" (2001).

   
On December 13, 1925, Dick Van Dyke, the quintessential
“nice guy” actor who would become known for his roles
in such movie classics as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang, as well as the popular 1960s TV sitcom The
Dick Van Dyke Show, is born in West Plains, Missouri.       
        
       

On the set.

Andre Braugher, known for his role as Captain Ray Holt on
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine," has died. He was 61.

Braugher’s publicist confirmed to Fox News Digital that he
died following a brief illness.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a police procedural comedy television series that aired on Fox, and later on NBC, from September
17, 2013 to September 16, 2021, for eight seasons and 153 episodes.

On December 12, 1967, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,
a groundbreaking movie about an interracial romantic
relationship starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy,
Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton, opened in theaters.

The film was the final role for Spencer Tracy. He was very
ill during production but insisted on continuing. Filming
of his role was completed just 17 days before his death
from a heart attack in June 1967. He was 67.

Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying it would be
too painful for her.    
    
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was nominated for 10 Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, and collected two Oscars,
including Best Actress for Hepburn, the second of her career.