Bud Cort, star of Harold and Maude, dies aged 77

Bud Cort, the actor best known for his role in dark comedy Harold and Maude, has died at the age of 77. According to Variety, Cort died in Connecticut after a long illness.

He was originally discovered by Robert Altman when he was part of a revue and the director cast him in both M*A*S*H and Brewster McCloud.

His role in Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude, which saw him play a death-obsessed young man who develops a relationship with Ruth Gordon’s 79-year-old Holocaust survivor, earned him Golden Globe and Bafta nominations.

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