Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance dies at 87

LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Reuters) Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance who starred as a hired gun in the classic western ''Shane,'' has died at 87, a spokesman said yesterday.

Palance won an Academy Award for a tough cowboy in the 1991 comedy ''City Slickers'' and famously performed one-armed push-ups on stage when accepting his award.

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