Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg (1901 - 1982)
==Film Deaths==
*The Godfather Part II (1974) [Hyman Roth]: Shot in the chest by Tom Rosqui on Al Pacino's orders, while Lee is being escorted by a police guard. (a loose play on Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald.) (See Danny Jacobs for the video game version)
*The Cassandra Crossing (1976) [Herman Kaplan]: Commits suicide/sacrifices himself in an explosion by igniting his cigarette lighter by a leaking gas tank on the train.
*Going in Style (1979) [Willie]: Dies (off-screen) shortly after having a heart attack while sitting on a park bench with George Burns and Art Carney; we see him being taken to the hospital in an ambulance, followed by a scene of George and Art waiting outside the emergency room.
==Notable Connections==
*Mr. Paula Strasberg (widowed)
*Mr. Anna Mizrahi Strasberg
*Father of Susan Strasberg
==Gallery==
 
File:The.Cassandra.Crossing.1976 @Ti 14136 @R6142.jpg|Lee Strasberg’s death in The Cassandra Crossing 
 
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