how old was charles bronson when he died?
He was born in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania. Bronson was married to Jill Ireland (his second marriage, 1968â1990) until her death from breast cancer. He died of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease. He is of Tatar origin. He died in Los Angeles. He played Paul Kersey in the Death Wish movie series. He was 5'9. He was 81 years old when he died. His real full name was Charles Dennis Buchinsky Rectified - Karolis was the 1st name, his parents being from Litva, a Balto-Slavic nation, not Tartar. Born Charles Buchinsky, Bronson changed his last name during his early career in the 1950s during the rise of McCarthyism.