Oscar award-winning Hollywood actor William Hurt has died. The shocking news came on Sunday afternoon (March 13, 2022).
He was 71 and was just a week away from his 72nd birthday. He was born on March 20, 1950, in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
His son William Hurt disclosed in a press statement that the Robin Hood actor passed away peacefully and his death was of natural causes.
Does William Hurt have cancer?
William Hur was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer that spread to the bone. This was revealed in May 2018.
Speaking about fighting cancer, Hurt told Researchers at Berkeley” “It’s a moment you only know when it happens to you.”
“I didn’t want to hear the word chemo out of your mouth. I had fought tooth and nail for five years to change my life so that word didn’t happen to me. Here it was and I was really upset.”
