‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ acting icon dead aged 87
‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ actor Charles Dierkop has died aged 87. Also best known for his roles in ‘The Sting’ and ‘Police Woman’, the Hollywood veteran passed away on Sunday (25.02.24) in the wake of a heart attack and a bout of pneumonia, his daughter Lynn has told The Hollywood Reporter. The publication added Charles died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, California. Born Charles Richard Dierkop in 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the actor also famously featured alongside Rod Steiger in 1964’s ‘The Pawnbroker’ and played a gangster in the 1967 mob movie ‘The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’. ...