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DIED. DUDLEY MOORE, 66, 5-ft. 2-in. British actor whose droopy-eyed, self-effacing manner made him an unlikely Hollywood heartthrob; of pneumonia, stemming from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease; in Plainfield, N.J. A talented classical and jazz pianist, Moore was best known for his roles in the 1979 movie 10 (which he nabbed after meeting director Blake Edwards in a therapy group) and the 1981 film Arthur, in which he played a sweet, wealthy drunk. Spurred to perform by a sense of inferiority stemming in part from a clubfoot, the working-class Moore said...
...Moore's life happily imitated his art - he was married four times (including Tuesday Weld) to four different women, all taller and more beautiful than he - but it was the physics of living that cut that life short. Moore spent his last years battling progressive supranuclear palsy, and set up the Dudley Moore Research Fund, dedicated to finding a cure, as well as the charity Music for All Seasons, which takes live music into hospitals, homes for the elderly and prisons. In his last public appearance, to receive a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) from Prince Charles, Moore...
AILING. DUDLEY MOORE, 64, puckish composer and star of Arthur; of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an incurable brain disorder similar to Parkinson's disease; at a rehabilitation center in West Orange...
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