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Steiger died in a Westside hospital in Los Angeles on July 9, 2002, at age 77, of pneumonia and kidney failure as a result of complications from surgery for a gallbladder tumor. He was buried in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery. The film Saving Shiloh, released in 2006, was dedicated to his memory. Acting style
Jul 9, 2002 · Rod Steiger, the beefy, intense actor who won the Academy Award as best actor of 1967 for his role as the unrelenting police chief of a small Southern town in "In the Heat of the Night," died...
Jul 10, 2002 · He died around 9 a.m. of pneumonia and kidney failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital, according to his publicist, Lori DeWaal. Steiger was known for his intense portrayals, reveling in...
May 10, 2024 · Rod Steiger (born April 14, 1925, Westhampton, New York, U.S.—died July 9, 2002, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an American actor who used the techniques of method acting—enhanced by his powerful delivery and intensity—to inhabit a wide variety of complex
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Actor: In the Heat of the Night. Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. After his parents' divorce, Steiger was raised by his mother in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jul 10, 2002 · Rodney Stephen Steiger was born April 14, 1925, in Westhampton, N.Y., the only child of Frederick and Lorraine Driver Steiger. The Steigers had worked together as a song-and-dance team but...
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Jul 10, 2002 · He was 77. Steiger died at a hospital from pneumonia and kidney failure, which developed after his gallbladder was removed, publicist Lori DeWaal said. A devoted practitioner of Method acting, Steiger prided himself in taking challenging roles.
