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Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95

Ernest Borgnine died on Sunday, July 8, at age 95. He's pictured here in 1973. In his greatest acting achievement, he won an Academy Award for his role in 1955's "Marty."

Borgnine died of kidney failure in Los Angeles, his manager says Borgnine won an Academy Award for 1955's "Marty". He went on to television stardom in the 1960s in the comedy "McHale's Navy". One of Borgnine's late-in-life credits was the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants". (CNN) -- Film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a lovelorn butcher in 1955's "Marty," has died at age 95, his manager said Sunday.