Oscar winner Borgnine dies

Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in Marty in 1955, died yesterday.

He was 95.

Hi longtime spokesman Harry Flynn told The Associated Press that Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre with his family by his side.