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Veteran comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 84.

He died in hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was being treated for pneumonia, his agent John S Kelly said.

Canadian-born Nielsen started out as a serious actor but in 1980, his role as a hapless doctor in the disaster spoof film Airplane! made him a comic star.

In all, he appeared in more than 100 films and had a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

"With his friends and his wife by his side, he just fell asleep and passed away," his nephew Doug Nielsen said, the AFP news agency reported.

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Born in the Canadian city of Regina in 1926, Leslie Nielsen enjoyed an acting career which spanned six decades.

He started as a television actor in New York in 1950, performing in about 150 live dramas.

In the mid-1950s, he moved to Hollywood, where he initially carved out a film career as a leading man, capitalising on his craggy good looks and 6ft2in (194cm) height.

Then in 1980 his deadpan delivery in the comedy disaster movie Airplane! marked him out as a gifted clown, says the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in Los Angeles.

It was in this role that he became known for the line "Don't call me Shirley".

The success of Airplane! led to another TV role in the spoof crime show Police Squad where he first played accident-prone detective Frank Drebin.

He went on to make three films as the same character in the Naked Gun series, starring opposite Priscilla Presley.

He continued working into his eighties.

Nearly two weeks ago - at the age of 84 - Nielsen was taken into hospital in Florida where he lived, suffering from pneumonia.

His condition had worsened over the last two days and relatives said he passed away peacefully, our correspondent says.

He was great in Forbidden Planet. A great loss.

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He was great in Forbidden Planet.
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I heard the doctors said that Leslie Nielsen only had a 50-50 chance of living.
But there was only a 10 per cent chance of that.

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Seriously, though, a sad loss. I've watched Airplane that many times as a kid, fantastic film.

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I bought my nephew the Police Squad DVD, as he'd never heard of Leslie. We spent an afternoon chuckling and tutting at anyone who tried to start a conversation. 'Shhh... Police Squad'.

I'll miss him, and perhaps tonight's a good time to watch Airplane!

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Amnesia10 wrote:
He was great in Forbidden Planet.
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One of my favourite films. RIP.

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I bought my nephew the Police Squad DVD, as he'd never heard of Leslie. We spent an afternoon chuckling and tutting at anyone who tried to start a conversation. 'Shhh... Police Squad'.

I'll miss him, and perhaps tonight's a good time to watch Airplane!


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Brilliant comic actor. RIP.

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I bought the Airplane trilogy from Asda for about 2 or 3 quid. I think now might be a good time to get them down from the "John shelf", (which is basically where we put all of my DVDs, ie the ones that nobody else in the house likes) and force the kids to watch them. All. ;)

Sad day though :(

Edit to add: My mistake - It was actually the Naked Gun trilogy I bought... I got the Airplane films, (two film box set) when I was clearing out my dad's house.

I'll still be watching them :D

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RIP

Police Squad is still one of my all time favourite shows.

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His career in pictures.

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