Film star Gregory Peck dies in sleep at 87

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: June 13, 2003| Author: David Germain Associated Press | Copyright information

LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Peck, who embodied saintly fatherhood in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and played a range of real-life figures from Abraham Lincoln to Josef Mengele, died Thursday at 87.

With his wife of 48 years, Veronique, at his side, Peck died about 4 a.m. at his Los Angeles home, spokesman Monroe Friedman said.

Though he played a handful of villains, including the Nazi doctor Mengele in "The Boys From Brazil," Peck was best known for upright, chivalrous characters in such f...

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