Oscar nominee dies peacefully in hospital at age of 64 after long struggle with cancerThe actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. Friends said he passed away peacefully in hospital in Shropshire yesterday having suffered from cancer for some time.Postlethwaite was once described by the film director Steven Spielberg as "probably the best actor in the world today".He worked with Spielberg on two films in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AM on January 3, 2011