By Zanub Saeed
Oscar-winning legendary actor Ernest Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at his side on Sunday, confirmed the Associated Press. He was 95 years old.
Borgnine's career stretched for decades, from his Academy-Award winning role in "Marty," which itself won Best Picture, to notable roles in the Oscar-winning "From Here to Eternity" up until the last file role he shot before his death, as a CIA records-keeper in the 2011 action comedy "Red," noted the Associated press.
"I keep telling myself, 'Damn it, you gotta go to work,'" Borgnine said in a 2007 interview with The Associated Press. "But there aren't many people who want to put Borgnine to work these days. They keep asking, 'Is he still alive?'"
Borgnine was also noted as being the oldest actor ever to receive a Golden Globe nomination, and was given the lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in 2011, said the Associated Press.
Other such projects Borgnine took par tin were the features "The Dirty Dozen," "The Wild Bunch," "The Flight of the Phoenix," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Stranger Wore a Gun," "Johnny Guitar," "Bad Day at Black Rock," and "Escape from New York." Arguably one of his most famous was of that as the lead and titular role in the 1960s television comedy "McHale's Navy."
Borgnine began his acting career, after a tip from his mother, after returning from World War II in 1941, where he was a member of the United States Navy, said the Associated Press.
"She said, 'You always like getting in front of people and making a fool of yourself, why don't you give it a try?'" Borgnine recalled last year, shortly before receiving his SAG lifetime honor. "I was sitting at the kitchen table and I saw this light. No kidding. It sounds crazy. And 10 years later, I had Grace Kelly handing me an Academy Award."
