Karl Malden R.I.P.

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Actor Karl Malden dead at 97

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday.
Karl Malden died in his sleep at his Los Angeles home, his manager says.

Karl Malden died in his sleep at his Los Angeles home, his manager says.

Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, said his manager, Bud Ross, told CNN.

Malden appeared alongside Marlon Brando in two of director Elia Kazan's classic films of the 1950s -- "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront." He won the best supporting actor Oscar for "Streetcar" in 1952 and was nominated for his role as a priest crusading against crooked union bosses in "On the Waterfront."

Ross said he did not know the cause of death.

"It could be a combination of things," Ross said. "He was 97 years old."

Malden also starred in the television crime drama "The Streets of San Francisco," with co-star Michael Douglas.