Celebrities pay tribute to late actor Peter O'Toole
Filmmaker Ron Howard, comedian Neil Patrick Harris and actress Marlee Matlin are among the celebrities who have paid tribute to late actor Peter O'toole.
The Lawrence of Arabia star passed away on Saturday (14Dec13) in London, following a long illness.
After the news of his death broke on Sunday (15Dec13), a number of
famous faces took to Twitter.com to pay their respects to the
iconic star.
Howard writes, "RIP Peter O'Toole. One of his generation's greatest
talents", while actor Neil Patrick Harris, who worked with the
Irish veteran in 1999 on TV movie Joan of Arc, tweets, "So sad to
hear about Peter O'Toole passing away. Lucky to have worked with
him for a month in Prague. Wonderful man, remarkable talent."
Actress Marlee Matlin writes, "Sad to read about passing of acting
great Peter O'Toole. Eight Oscar nominations highlight what a
talent he was. RIP" and Ben Stiller posts, "From Lawrence of Arabia
to My Favorite Year… and so many others. One of the movie greats is
gone. Respect to Peter O'Toole."
Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, Tony Bennett, Simon Pegg and La Toya
Jackson have also added tributes on Twitter.