Actor Rex Harrison dies of cancer

Chicago Sun-Times | June 3, 1990| | Copyright

NEW YORK Oscar-winning actor Sir Rex Harrison, who taught the king's English in "My Fair Lady" and talked to animals as the lovable Dr. Dolittle, died in his sleep Saturday. He was 82.

The actor, a stage and screen star in the United States and his native Britain, died of pancreatic cancer at his Manhattan home, said his attorney, Harold Schiff.

"To watch him and to work with him was a joyful experience," said Julie Andrews, who played Eliza Doolittle to Mr. Harrison's Professor Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway for three years.

"The theater has lost an extraordinary ...

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