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Charles Grodin ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ Actor, Unrivaled Talk Show Curmudgeon Dead at 86

Charles Grodin Heartbreak Kid Actor Dead at 86

Charles Grodin, the comic, scene-stealing actor of such films as The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, and Beethoven, who later established himself as a curmudgeonly talk show guest without rival, died today at his home in Wilton, Conn. His son, Nicholas, told The New…

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