For John Hurt, dying was a great living. The actor, who died Wednesday at age 77, often joked about how frequently he was killed off during his long career onscreen. “The Many Deaths of John Hurt” was ...

John Hurt, a British actor who was famous for roles in films such as Alien, V for Vendetta and The Elephant Man, has died at the age of 77. Charles McDonald, his agent, confirmed his death to the ...

John Hurt starred in 205 films and, of those, has died 45 times. Of course, his most famous on-screen death came in the form of the iconic (and gruesome) chest-bursting scene in Alien (1979). Fun fact ...