Oscar-winning British actor and playwright Peter Ustinov, one of the world's best loved raconteurs and mimics, has died at the age of 82.
He was once asked what would be his ideal epitaph.With a familiar twinkle in his eye, he swiftly decided on the perfect inscription for his tombstone: "Keep off the grass.''
[This makes three celebrity deaths. Aren't we due for a respite?]
The cinetrix loved Ustinov as Batiatus in Spartacus, truly an over-the-top, sly performance without equal. He sent his gladiator slaves into the arena thusly: "Good luck, and may fortune smile upon...most of you."
