British Actor Alec Guinness Dies at 86 August 6, 2000 8:53 pm EST
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Sir Alec Guinness, has died at the age of 86, a hospital spokesman said on Monday. "Sir Alec Guinness passed away at the hospital on Saturday night," a spokesman for the King Edward VII Hospital in West Sussex, southern England, told Reuters. He gave no further details. Guinness won an Oscar for his role in the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and international fame in such blockbusters as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Star Wars."