Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies aged 71

Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1985 for Kiss of the Spider Woman, in which he had played a gay man who shares a cell with a with a political prisoner in Brazil

William Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1985 for Kiss of the Spider Woman. File Picture

Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, star of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Body Heat, has died aged 71.

Deadline reported an announcement by Hurt’s son Will: “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar-winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday.