Public Ceremony Held in Memory of Tony Curtis

According to Access Hollywood, public funeral services were held today, October 4th to celebrate Tony Curtis' life. The funeral was followed by burial and  a private reception on the Las Vegas Strip.

Film star and stage vet Tony Curtis passed away September 29, at 9:25pm after suffering cardiac arrest  at his Henderson, Nevada home.  Curtis had been ill for much of the year, suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease this summer. He was hospitalized in Las Vegas after an asthma attack during a book signing engagement in Henderson, Nevada at Costco.

Curtis played a variety of roles, from light comedy, such as the musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot, to serious dramatic roles, such as an escaped convict in The Defiant Ones, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. From 1949, he appeared in more than 100 films and made frequent television appearances. He additionally toured with the musical version of Some Like It Hot. 

Curtis was married six times, most famously to Janet Leigh, with whom he had children Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis. He is survived by his sixth wife and five children.