Ben Gazzara's career spanned originating the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway, to appearing in the Coen brothers' "The Big Lebowski," on film " as well as a number of John Cassavetes' movies. The New York native studied acting at the New School and the Actors Studio, where his classmates included Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, James Dean, Julie Harris, and Geraldine Page. He died at th…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:14PM on February 10, 2012