Film star Horst Buchholz dies

Horst Buchholz, a German actor whose film credits included The Magnificent Seven and Life is Beautiful, died today in Berlin. He was 69.

Dubbed the James Dean of German films for rebellious teens he played in the late 1950s, Buchholz moved to United States and scored his first Hollywood hit with the 1960 Western The Magnificent Seven, starring with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn and other action stars.