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Charles Grodin, Midnight Run, Heartbreak Kid, Star, Dies

FILE - Actor/comedian Charles Grodin, appears at a news conference announcing him as host of CNBC's new primetime show "Charles Grodin" in New York on Nov. 15, 1994. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86.  (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
FILE - Actor/comedian Charles Grodin, appears at a news conference announcing him as host of CNBC's new primetime show "Charles Grodin" in New York on Nov. 15, 1994. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
Grodins son Nicholas says the actor died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut

Charles Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in "The Heartbreak Kid'' and the father in the "Beethoven" comedies, has died at the age of 86.

Grodin's son Nicholas says the actor died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, from bone marrow cancer.

Grodin appeared in a string of notable films from the 1970s onward, including "Midnight Run,'' "The Woman in Red'' and "Heaven Can Wait.''

On Broadway, he starred with Ellen Burstyn in the long-running 1970s comedy "Same Time, Next Year.'' He first gained wide notice in the 1972 Elaine May comedy "The Heartbreak Kid,'' as a newlywed who abandons his bride on their honeymoon for beautiful Cybill Shepherd.

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