Veteran British actor Albert Finney has died at age 82. Photo: ReutersBritish actor Albert Finney, who rose to fame on a post-war wave of gritty, working-class dramas and became an Oscar-nominated international star, has died at the age of 82. Finney died after a short illness, the BBC reported on Friday. Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1936, he began his career as a Shakespearean theatre actor. "We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Albert Finney," the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Twitter.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 08, 2019 22:30 UTC