Actor William Hurt attends the Premiere Of Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" on April 12, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage) NEW YORK - William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill," has died.
He was 71.Hurt's son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. He said Hurt died peacefully, among family.
Deadline first reported Hurt's death.In a long-running career, Hurt was three times nominated for an Academy Award, winning for 1985's "Kiss of the Spider Woman." After his screen debut in 1980’s Paddy Chayefsky-scripted "Altered States" as a psychopathologist studying schizophrenia and experimenting with sensory deprivation, Hurt quickly emerged as one of the 1980s foremost leading men.In Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 steamy neo noir "Body Heat," Hurt starred alongside Kathleen Turner.
In 1983’s "The Big Chill," again with Kasdan, Hurt played the Vietnam War veteran Nick Carlton, one of a group of college pals who gather for their friend’s funeral.Having started in New York theater, Hurt then returned to the stage to star on Broadway in David Rabe’s "Hurlyburly," for which he was nominated for a Tony.