> Veteran Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97
> KTLA News
> 12:43 AM PDT, July 1, 2009
>
> BRENTWOOD -- Academy Award and Emmy winning actor Karl Malden died
> today. He was 97.
>
> Malden, who starred in the 1970s TV series "The Streets of San
> Francisco" and was the longtime American Express traveler's check
> spokesman, warning travelers to not leave home without it.
>
> Malden's family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
> of his death on Wednesday. Malden served as the academy's president from
> 1989-92.
>
> According to his daughter Mila Doerner, Malden died of natural causes at
> his home in Brentwood.
>
> He made his screen debut in the 1940 movie "They Knew What They Wanted."
>
> In a career that spanned over seven decades, Malden was featured in
> classic films such as "A Streetcar Named Desire", "On the Waterfront"
> and "One-Eyed Jacks", with "Marlon Brando", and also "Patton".
>
> Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in "Baby Doll" and
> Zebulon Prescott in "How the West Was Won".
>
> His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s
> crime drama, "The Streets of San Francisco," with actor Michael Douglas.
> The series, which ran from 1972 to 1977, earned Malden four consecutive
> Emmy nominations as lead actor in a drama series.
>
> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ktla-karl-malden,1,2579140.story
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